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US 4,784,706 AGranted
Emulsion explosive containing phenolic emulsifier derivative
AssigneeIreco, Inc.
InventorLee F. McKenzie
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Abstract
The invention relates to a water-in-oil emulsion explosive comprising a water-immiscible organic fuel as a continuous phase; an emulsified aqueous inorganic oxidizer salt solution as a discontinuous phase; and a phenolic derivative of polypropene or polybutene as an emulsifier.
Claims8
A water-in-oil emulsion explosive comprising a water-immiscible organic fuel as a continuous phase;
- an emulsified aqueous inorganic oxidizer salt solution as a discontinuous phase;
- and a phenolic derivative of polypropene or polybutene as an emulsifier.
A water-in-oil emulsion explosive comprising a water-immiscible organic fuel as a continuous phase in an amount of from about 3% to about 12% by weight based on the total composition;
- an emulsified aqueous inorganic oxidizer salt solution as a discontinuous phase, comprising inorganic oxidizer salt in an amount of from about 20% to about 55% and water in an amount of from about 10% to about 20%;
- particulate oxidizer salt in an amount of from about 35% to about 65%;
- a phenolic derivative of polypropene or polybutene in an amount of from about 0.1% to about 5% and a density reducing agent in an amount sufficient to reduce the density of the explosive to within the range from about 1.0 to about 1.5 g/cc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.