Patent ID: 6913660

Claim:
A explosive composition, comprising: in a water-in-oil emulsion as emulsifier, a Mannich adduct that is prepared by reacting: a) a hydrocarbyl-substituted, hydroxyaromatic compound of formula I (R 1 ) n Ar(OH) x (I) in which R 1 is a hydrocarbyl group selected from a straight-chain or branched C 6 -C 400 -alkyl, C 6 -C 400 -alkenyl, C 6 -C 400 -alkenyl-aryl or C 6 -C 400 -alkyl-aryl radical; Ar is a mononuclear or polynuclear, optionally substituted, aromatic ring; n is an integral value of 1, 2 or 3; and x is an integral value of 1 to 5; b) formaldehyde, an oligomer or polymer thereof; and c) a nitrogen compound of formula II HNR 2 R 3 (II) in which R 2 and R 3 are, independently of one another, H, a C 1 -C 18 -alkyl, C 1 -C 18 -alkenyl, C 4 -C 18 -cycloalkyl, C-C 18 alkyl-aryl, C 2 -C 18 -alkenyl-aryl, hydroxyl-C 1 -C 18 -alkyl or poly(oxyalkyl) radical, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded are a heterocyclic ring.