Inventors:
Donald W. Edwards - Provo UT
Ronald D. Thomas - Arlington Heights IL
Assignee:
Angus Chemical Company - Northbrook IL
International Classification:
C06B 4502
Abstract:
A granulated blasting agent composition comprising ammonium nitrate, a nitroalkane having of from 2 to 3 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof, a density improver selected from the group consisting of wheat flour and bentonite and polyoxyethylene ether as a thickening agent for the nitroalkane in an amount sufficient to prevent migration of the nitroalkane from the ammonium nitrate.