Deactivating an explosive composition using plants
AssigneeOrica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd
InventorsThomas Smylie, Richard John Goodridge, Deane Tunaley, Steven Kotsonis, Les Armstrong, Brad Beikoff
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Abstract
A method of deactivating an explosive composition provided in an explosive cartridge, which method comprises exposing the explosive composition to a deactivating agent that renders the explosive composition insensitive to detonation, wherein the deactivating agent is a plant.
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A method of deactivating an explosive composition provided in an explosive cartridge, which method comprises contacting the explosive composition with a deactivating agent in a form that renders the explosive composition insensitive to detonation after a predetermined period of time, wherein the deactivating agent is provided in the explosive cartridge, wherein the deactivating agent is a plant, and wherein physical growth of the plant contributes to, or effects, desensitization of the explosive composition by physical breaking up of the explosive composition.
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