Ammonium Nitrate Explosives for Civil Applications. Slurries, Emulsions and Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oils
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, January 2013, Pages: 230
The book describes the science and technology of formulation and manufacturing of non-nitroglycerine explosives with ammonium nitrate as the main ingredient. Based on the author's industry experience of more than thirty years, it provides an unparalleled treatment of one of the commercially most important classes of explosives and therefore stimulates further research and development efforts in the field of explosives for civil applications.
CLASSIFICATION OF EXPLOSIVES
Initiation Sensitivity
Size
Usage
Physical Form
EXPLOSIVE SCIENCE
Introduction
Initiation and Detonation
Propagation and Detonation
Reaction Chemistry
AMMONIUM NITRATE EXPLOSIVES
Introduction
Design of Commercial Explosives
Tests
Assessment of Safety and Stability Characteristics
AMMONIUM NITRATE AND AN/FO
Introduction and History
Physical and Chemical Properties of Ammonium Nitrate
Manufacture of Ammonium Nitrate
Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil Explosives
SLURRIES AND WATER GELS
Development
Design
Process Technology
Quality Checks
Process Hazards
Role of Guar Gum
Permissible Explosives
General Purpose Small-Diameter Explosives (GPSD)
Sensitizers
EMULSION EXPLOSIVES
Introduction
Concept of Emulsion Explosives (EE)
General Composition of EE
Structure and Rheology of EE
Composition and Theory of EE
Manufacture
Quality Checks
Explosive Properties of Emulsion Matrix/Explosives
Permissible Emulsions
General Purpose Small Diameter EE
Bulk Emulsions
Heavy AN/FO
Packaged Large Diameter Emulsions
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Areas of Interest
Development Work and Upscaling
Management of R&D
FUNCTIONAL SAFETY DURING MANUFACTURE OF AN EXPLOSIVES
Introduction
Safety considerations in AN Explosives
Explosion Hazards in Equipment
ECONOMICS OF AN-BASED EXPLOSIVES
In Manufacture
In Application
Blast Design
Influence of Explosives in Underground Mining
CURRENT STATUS AND CONCLUDING REMARKS
Erode Mahadevan is currently a Technology Consultant based in India. Before that for more than thirty years he was engaged in the field of commercial explosives and accessories and specialty chemicals. He has worked with many multinational companies such as ICI (UK), BASF (Germany), Atlas Chemicals (USA), Dow Chemical (USA), Nitro Nobel (Sweden), Dyno Industries (Norway). For twenty years Erode Mahadevan was Managing Director of IDL Industries Ltd., a leading producer of civil explosives based in India. He holds a Masters Degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of Mysore, Bangalore, and a PhD from the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe, Germany. Before starting his career in industry, Erode Mahadevan was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry at the Columbia University, New York.
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