Title: Hardened porous ammonium nitrate
Application Number: 93104965 Application Date: 1993.05.04
Publication Number: 1082942 Publication Date: 1994.03.02
Approval Pub. Date: 1999.03.03 Granted Pub. Date: 1999.03.03
International Classifi-cation: B01J2/30;C05C1/02;C06B31/30
Applicant(s) Name: ICI Canada Inc. Address:
Inventor(s) Name: Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay
Attorney & Agent: LU XINHUA TIAN SHEREN
Abstract:
    The present invention is directed to hardening ammonium nitrate by combining ammonium nitrate with a functionally active polymer. The functionally active polymer may be combined with ammonium nitrate by itself as a shell or in intermixed with the ammonium nitrate. The invention is found useful in hardening ammonium nitrate for use in explosives.
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