Patents Assigned to MAXAM NORTH AMERICA
  • EXPLOSIVE EMULSION COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120180915
    Abstract: A detonator sensitive explosive emulsion composition includes an oxidizing phase including a supersaturated solution of ammonium nitrate and a fuel phase including sufficient emulsifying agent to permit dispersion of the oxidizing phase in the fuel phase. The detonator sensitive explosive emulsion composition further includes a crystallization temperature depressant consisting essentially of at least one of an amine and an amine nitrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: MAXAM NORTH AMERICA
    Inventors: Carl Hermanus Lubbe, Joseph Lawrence Oliphant