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Watergel explosives containing microspheres

CA 1114172 A · Owner: Nitro Nobel Ab · Inventors: Ekman, Gunnar O.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

The disclosure describes a process for the manufacture of water gel explosives with improved performance characteristics, which explosives contain combustible materials oxidizing agents, a gelling agent, water sensitizers, and, expanded thermoplastic microspheres as gas carriers. The manufacture is carried out in various successive steps. In a first step, the microspheres are expanded in a concentrated solution or eutectic melt consisting of part of the components of the explosive, the solution or melt having an oxygen balance which does not make the solution or. melt a safety risk at the temperature required for the expansion of the microspheres. Then, in one or more steps at a lower …

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  • Granted December 15, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 15, 1998.
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FiledNovember 27, 1978
GrantedDecember 15, 1981
Term endedDecember 15, 1998
Patent numberCA 1114172 A
Classification (IPC)C06B21/00 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedNov 27, 1978Patent grantedDec 15, 1981Term endedDec 15, 1998

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