One of the achievements in the field of development of industrial explosives for surface mining works is creation of emulsion explosives on the basis of reverse emulsions of highly concentrated solutions of oxidizers (ammonium, sodium or calcium nitrate) and oil products (fuel oil, industrial oil, diesel fuel) in the presence of emulsifier. Emulsion explosives are effective substitutes of regular industrial explosives due to availability of raw materials (ammonium nitrate and oil products), safety and environmental friendliness in manufacturing and application, high water resistance and explosion efficiency, lower cost price.
The development of industrial explosives (EE) on the basis of conversion explosives (CF) was carried out taking into account a number of assumptions. On the basis of this approach and analysis of the formulation and technological features, all the recoverable munitions were divided into four main groups. This classification of explosive materials made it possible to propose for each group a rational set of industrial explosive materials, to provide them with appropriate regulatory documentation and to implement the method of its production in factories.
