Method and apparatus for blasting of hard rock using a highly insensitive energetic material ignited with a moderately high energy electrical discharge is provided. The blasting apparatus comprises a reusable blasting probe including a high voltage electrode and a ground return electrode separated by an insulating tube. The metal particles within the metal powder and oxidizer mixture form a plurality of fusible metal paths between the electrodes. The fused metal paths act much like a fuse in that they provide a sufficiently high
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G. Mark Wilkinson and Steven G.E. Pronko- Method and Apparatus for Blasting Hard Rock
Method and apparatus for blasting of hard rock using a highly insensitive energetic material ignited with a moderately high energy electrical discharge is provided. The blasting apparatus comprises a reusable blasting probe including a high voltage electrode and a ground return electrode separated by an insulating tube. The metal particles within the metal powder and oxidizer mixture form a plurality of fusible metal paths between the electrodes. The fused metal paths act much like a fuse in that they provide a sufficiently high
Method and apparatus for blasting of hard rock using a highly insensitive energetic material ignited with a moderately high energy electrical discharge is provided. The blasting apparatus comprises a reusable blasting probe including a high voltage electrode and a ground return electrode separated by an insulating tube. The metal particles within the metal powder and oxidizer mixture form a plurality of fusible metal paths between the electrodes. The fused metal paths act much like a fuse in that they provide a sufficiently high
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