EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: explosives.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to powdered high-power explosives, which can be employed for blasting solid rocks in watered sinking and production faces posing no gas and dust hazard when firing blast-hole charges. Proposed explosive charge contains, in specified proportions, nitroethers, crystalline and granulated ammonium nitrate, metallic fuel, calcium stearate, collodion cotton, sods ash, and motor oil.

EFFECT: improved performance characteristics due to higher blasting efficiency and detonation rate as well as prolonged residence time of metallic fuel in detonation wave zone; and increased stability of physical properties during storage period.

2 cl, 3 tbl