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Surface Functionalized Ammonium Nitrate Prills with Enhanced Water Resistance Property: Characterizations and its Application as Commercial Explosives"

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Title Surface Functionalized Ammonium Nitrate Prills with Enhanced Water Resistance Property: Characterizations and its Application as Commercial Explosives"
 
Creator Ali, Firoj
Pingua, Braj M. P.
Dey, Ananta
Roy, Murari Prasad
Singh, Pradeep Kumar Singh
 
Subject Rock Testing
 
Description Increasing the hydrophobicity of ammonium nitrate is of great significance for its application as commercial explosives. In this article, a surface functionalized ammonium nitrate with enhanced water‐resistance property was demonstrated using a new hydrophobic coating agent. Structural properties and thermal stability of the prepared samples were investigated by powder X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetric analysis. Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopic results show that a uniform hydrophobic layer is successfully coated on the surface of ammonium nitrate prills. Surface coated ammonium nitrate shows excellent stability in aqueous environment with effective detonation property compared to commonly used ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) explosives. Thus, our surface modified ammonium nitrate could serve as a potential explosive for watery hole blasting operations.
 
Publisher John Wiley
 
Date 2020-12-15
 
Type Article
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Identifier Ali, Firoj and Pingua, Braj M. P. and Dey, Ananta and Roy, Murari Prasad and Singh, Pradeep Kumar Singh (2020) Surface Functionalized Ammonium Nitrate Prills with Enhanced Water Resistance Property: Characterizations and its Application as Commercial Explosives". Propellent Explosives and Pyrotechnics. ISSN 0721-3115
 
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