AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC C06B31/38 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to granular industrial explosives based on granular ammonium nitrate, which are used in blasting operations in open pits and underground mines (shafts) of mining enterprises when mining for minerals. The explosive compound contains porous granular ammonium nitrate, an inhibitor and compound fuel which is a mixture of dinitrotoluene, liquid fuel and ground metallic fuel based on aluminium, iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, titanium, chromium, zinic and/or oxides thereof, where the liquid fuel is industrial or natural oil or diesel fuel or masout or technical animal fat or mixture thereof.

EFFECT: wider field of use of ammonium nitrate explosives, as well as prevention of unauthorised explosions.

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