Login| Sign Up| Help| Contact|

Patent Searching and Data


Title:
MANOMETHYLAMINE NITRATE GEL CONTAINING EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003042130
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention provides an explosive system including two or more non-explosive components which prior to mixing do not detonate with a 400g pentolite booster in a 200-liter drum and when mixed at the place of use in or at a mining site form an explosive, wherein the non-explosive components are selected from a group including at least monomethylamin nitrate (MMAN) gel and an oxidizer.

Inventors:
LOWNDS CHARLES MICHAEL (US)
KROBER HENDRIK (ZA)
Application Number:
PCT/ZA2002/000158
Publication Date:
January 22, 2004
Filing Date:
October 15, 2002
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation   Help
Assignee:
SASOL CHEMICAL IND LTD (ZA)
LOWNDS CHARLES MICHAEL (US)
KROBER HENDRIK (ZA)
International Classes:
C06B21/00; C06B47/14; (IPC1-7): C06B47/14
Domestic Patent References:
WO1996011172A11996-04-18
Foreign References:
GB2257135A1993-01-06
EP0622346A11994-11-02
GB1170944A1969-11-19
US4207125A1980-06-10
US5007973A1991-04-16
US4096003A1978-06-20
EP0547278A11993-06-23
US5071496A1991-12-10
Other References:
CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, vol. 95, no. 1, 6 July 1981, Columbus, Ohio, US; abstract no. 9451s, R.G.A.F. DE SOUZA: "Slurry-type explosive composition, sensitive or not to a number 8 detonator" page 131; XP002246948
Download PDF: