- Author
- Glazkova, A. P. | Zhadan, S. N.
- Title
- Means of Reducing the Combustibility of Mixtures of the Ion Exchange Type. (Translation)
- Journal
- Vzryvnoye Delo, Vol. 41, No. 84, 103-111, 1982
- Report
- FTD-ID(RS)T-0900-85, January 9, 1986,
- Distribution
- LIMITED U.S. Government Agencies Only Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- combustibility
- Abstract
- With respect to the combustion of methane-air and dust-air mixtures ion exchange explosives are the safest. They are the safest because of the formation of a finely dispersed fluid damper (NaC1 or KC1) as a result of an exchange reaction between an alkaline metal nitrate and ammonium chloride at the moment of the explosion. However, as the practice of using ion exchange explosives has shown, as the result of the low power and low rate of detonation these explosives have a tendency to burn.