Aqueous gel for slurry explosives composition and method of preparing said gel

Patent · Tue May 22 04:00:00 EDT 1973

OSTI ID:5251320

Craig, W A

A process is described for producing a gel suitable for thickening aqueous slurry explosive, which will be stable at elevated temperatures even in the presence of calcium nirate. The gel contains an inorganic oxygen-supplying salt and as a thickener, a macromolecular compound containing vicinal cis-hydroxyl groups (e.g., guar gum) cross-linked with a compound of tellurium VI. Aqueous gel is prepared by a method in which the macromolecular compound dissolved in water is cross-linked with the compound of tellurium VI and mixed with the inorganic oxygen-supplying salt (s). The aqueous gels are useful as general binding and thickening agents. (8 claims)

• Assignee: Imperial Chemical Inds. Ltd.
• Patent Number(s): US 3734864
• OSTI ID: 5251320
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450100* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Chemical Explosions & Explosives
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM NITRATES
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLLOIDS
CROSS-LINKING
DISPERSIONS
EXPLOSIVES
GELATION
GELS
MIXTURES
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLYMERIZATION
SLURRIES
SOLUTIONS
SUSPENSIONS
SYNTHESIS
TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS