Asphalt explosive

Chem. Descrip. Ethylene distearamide synthetic wax CAS 110-30-5 EINECS/ELINCS 203-755-6 Uses Wax used as ingredient, finish or processing aid in adhesives, ammunition, asphalt, explosives, paints, paper, pyrotechnics, lubricants, mold releases, PVC, textile finishes, powd. metallurgy, etc. food pkg. adhesives, coatings, paper, cellophane Features High m.p. remains stable under prolonged molten conditions Regulatory FDA 21 CFR 175.105,175.300,176.170,176.180,177.1200 Properties Wh. flakes, powd., or atomized sol. in hot naphtha, xylene, Carbitol, IPA, trichlorethylene sp.gr. 0.97 m.p. 138-140 C flash pt. 530 F min. acid no. 3-10 dielec. str. 233 V/mil vol. resist. 0.99 x 10 ohm-cm... 

Readdy, Reactivity of Minol II Explosive with Asphalt-Based Coatings of Bomb Cavities , PATM 1944 (Oct 1970) 36) J. Harris, Ther-... 

O Brien Explosives. A series of patents were issued to J.F. O Brien of Chicago, HI, USA between 1913 and 1915 for new commercial expls. Typical formulations included K chlorate 30, Nitrostarch 10, Si dioxide 55, crude petroleum with coal dust 5ps (Ref 1) K chlorate 87, naphthalene 6.5, asphalt 6.5, crude oil distillate 1.5 Si dioxide 44ps (Ref 2) K chlorate with Na nitrate 60, Hq TNT 15 sawdust 25p (Ref 3) and Amm perchlorate 20—65, Na nitrate 55, liq DNT 10—15, sawdust 14-23 free C l-3.5ps (Ref 4)... 

Mechanical impact on a road surface on to which liquid oxygen had leaked caused a violent explosion [1], Anecdotal evidence that there have been several like incidents is given [2], Mixtures of asphalt and liquid oxygen were shown to be impact-sensitive on the small scale, but on the larger scale a detonator was necessary to initiate mild explosion of liquid oxygen on a layer of asphalt [3], Oil,... 

An explosive similar to the above is listed by Giua (Ref 8, p398-L) as " esplosivo della Rendrock Powder Co (1904) K chlorate 80, resin 18, asphalt 1 nitrated wood pulp 1%... 

It should be noted that a new technique has been developed to cast large grains of solventless double-base proplnts for rocket motors. This means that in future it will not be always necessary to use composite proplnts in prepn of large rocket proplnt grains Refs l)Anon, "The Preparation and Testing of Explosives , Summary Technical Report of Division 8, NDRC Vol 1 (1946), 93ff la)W. Ley, "Rockets, Missiles and Space Travel , Chapman Hall, London (1951), 380 lb)Ar-mamentEngrg (1954), 40-4 (Composite proplnts for rockets) 2)W.A.Arendale, IEC 48, 725 -26 (1956) CA 50, 10411 (1956) (Fuel-binder requirement for composite proplnts) 2a)H.W. Mace, USP 2740702 (1956) CA 50, 9720 (1956) (Combustion accelerators for Amm perchlorate-asphalt proplnts) 3)P.J.Blatz,... 

Decomposition of Explosives. Part 2. Effect of Asphalt on the Decomposition of TNT , Rept No. NWC-TP-4709, Part 2, NavalWeapCenter, China Lake (1969) (Limited distrib) 42) R. Foster, Organic Charge-Transfer Complexes , Academic Press, NY (1969) 43) A.D. Coates... 

A fire and explosion reulted from encapsulating nuclear waste [15], consisting mostly of sodium nitrate, in asphalt. The full details of the reaction reported are complex, the principles simple [12]. Nitrate/asphalt has previously seen application as rocket fuel and may have been behind Greek Fire [Editor]. A more theoretical study, also looking at the influence of silver compounds has appeared [13]. 

The ammonium nitrate and the sodium nitrate are dissolved in water at 60 degrees C. to form a thich solution. To this is added sulfur, powdered gilsonite (uintaite a form a asphalt obtained from the Unita Valley in Utah) and starch. I believe that any form of asphalt will work if the particle size is reduced enough. Then the guar gum (thickner) is added and the mixture is well mixed. This will give a thick slurry in approximately 5 minutes. This explosive is composed of the following ... 

MUNITIONS - Could very easily be used in cast iron or similar fragmentation charges. Any application of AN explosives metal fragmentation ordinance needs to be painted inside with asphalt or an epoxy type paint to eliminate the corrosive action of the salt on the container. 

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