Aqueous slurry explosives with colloidal hydrous metal oxide
AssigneeIMC Chemical Group, Inc.
InventorsPhillip Barnhard, IV, Francis John Kieres
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Abstract
Improved thickened aqueous slurry explosives of the type containing an inorganic oxidizing salt, a fuel, and water are disclosed, wherein the improvement includes the use of a colloidal hydrous metal oxide as a thickening agent.
Claims26
An improved thickened aqueous slurry explosive of the type containing an inorganic oxidizing salt, a fuel, and water, wherein the improvement comprises a thickening amount of a colloidal hydrous metal oxide.
A method for preparing an improved thickened aqueous slurry explosive, comprising mixing an oxidizing salt, an organic fuel, an inorganic fuel, water and a thickening amount of a colloidal hydrous metal oxide, thereby forming a homogeneous thickened mixture;
- then blending into said homogeneous thickened mixture a galactomannan gum and a crosslinker in amounts sufficient to gel said homogeneous thickened mixture.
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