EMULSIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

Apparatus for producing a multi-phase emulsion explosive from a liquid organic fuel medium and an immiscible liquid oxidiser comprises a mixing chamber, flow constrictor means for introducing the liquid oxidiser as an emergent turbulent jet to said chamber and causing formation of droplets of said oxidiser in situ within the shammer, means for introducing the fuel medium to said chamber so that the fuel introduced thereby contacts and stabilises the droplets of oxidiser solution as they are formed to maintain same as discrete droplets of oxidiser liquid and thereby provide an emulsion suitable for use as the basis for an explosive system.