Explosive double salts and preparation
CA 1214471 A · Owner: United States Of America (Government Of The) United States Department Of Energy · Inventors: Cady, Howard H.; Lee, Kien-Yin
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Abstract From the Canadian patent
Applicants have discovered a new composition of matter which is an explosive addition compound of ammonium nitrate (AN) and diethylenetriamine trinitrate (DETN) a 50:50 molar ratio. The compound is stable over extended periods of time only at temperatures higher than 46°C decomposing to a fine-grained eutectic mixture (which is also believed to be new) of AN and DETN at temperatures lower than 46°C. The compound of the invention has an x-ray density of 1.61 g/cm3, explodes to form essentially only gaseous products, has higher detonation properties (i.e. detonation velocity and pressure) than those of any mechanical mixture having the same density and composition as the compound of the …
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- Granted November 25, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 25, 2003.
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