Emulsion-type explosives of the water-in-oil type

Abstract

An explosive emulsion composition of the water-in-oil type, comprising: between 80 wt. % and 95 wt. % of an oxidizer phase in view of the total weight of the emulsion composition, comprising at least 40 wt. % of ammonium nitrate (AN), and at least 5 wt. % of a secondary nitrate salt, in view of the total weight of the oxidizer phase composition, and between 5 wt. % and 20 wt. % of an organic phase in view of the total weight of the emulsion composition, the organic phase comprising: between 12 wt. % and 50 wt. % of one or more emulsifiers, between 50 wt. % and 88 wt. % of a fuel composition, in view of the total weight of the organic phase composition, characterized in that the fuel composition comprises between 20 wt. % and 100 wt. % of a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), in view of the total weight of the fuel composition.

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