Patent ID: 6200398
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: C06B

Abstract:
A water in oil emulsion explosive composition comprising a discontinuous aqueous phase comprising at least one oxygen-supplying component, a continuous organic phase, and an emulsifying amount of an emulsifier composition comprising:the reaction product of an amine (C) characterized by the presence within its structure of at least one H--N group and an intermediate formed in the reaction of(A) at least one olefinic compound containing at least one group of the formula ##STR26##(B) at least one carboxylic reactant selected from the group consisting of compounds of the formulaR.sup.3 C(O)(R.sup.4).sub.n C(O)OR.sup.5 (III)wherein each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 is independently H or a hydrocarbyl group, R.sup.4 is a divalent hydrocarbylene group, and n is 0 or 1, and reactive sources thereof, in amounts ranging from 0.6 moles (B) per mole of (A) to 3 moles (B) per equivalent of (A),and optionally, from about 0.5 to about 2 moles, per mole of (B), of(D) at least one aldehyde or ketone.