METHOD OF PRODUCING HIGH-DENSITY SLURRY/PRILL EXPLOSIVES IN BOREHOLES AND PRODUCT MADE THEREBY

摘要

The pneumatic loading of essentially free-flowing slurry-bearing ammonium nitrate (AN) prills, i.e., AN prills which carry or support a water gel or water-in-oil emulsion, produces a high-density explosive consisting of the tightly packed whole and crushed slurry-bearing prills. The density of this explosive can be as much as 20% higher than the poured density of the mass of slurry-bearing prills.