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(11) EP 0 276 934 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.07.1989 Bulletin 1989/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.08.1988 Bulletin 1988/31

(21) Application number: 88300342.8

(22) Date of filing: 15.01.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: C06B 47/14, C06B 47/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR SE

(30) Priority: 30.01.1987 AU 123/87

(71) Applicant: ICI AUSTRALIA OPERATIONS PROPRIETARY LIMITED
Melbourne Victoria 3000 (AU)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ballard, Matthew
    Flemington Victoria 3031 (AU)
  • Lichti, Gottfried
    Essendon Victoria 3040 (AU)
  • Yates, David Edwin
    East Brunswick Victoria 3057 (AU)

(74) Representative: Reid, Thomas James et al
ICI Group Patents Services Dept. PO Box 6 Shire Park Bessemer Road
Welwyn Garden City Herts, AL7 1HD
Welwyn Garden City Herts, AL7 1HD (GB)


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    (54) Explosive composition


    (57) The invention relates to an emulsion explosive composition comprising a discontinuous phase comprising at least one oxygen-releasing salt; a continuous organic phase; an emulsifying agent; and at least one polymer soluble in the organic phase and wherein the polymer comprises associative functional groups.
    The explosive is especially advantageous for use in wet boreholes.





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