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ANFO
AN
Production
AN
Prill manufacturing
Schematic
VAPOURISED AMMONIA
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Prill manufacturing
Temperature Cycling of AN
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ANFO
CHARACTERISTICS
Greater sensitivity.
Drastic loss of ENERGY.
Orange smoke, inefficient reaction during
detonation.
Loss of Energy.
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EFFECTS OF FUELING ON
FUME
PRODUCTION
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EFFECTS OF FUELING ON
FUME
PRODUCTION
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EFFECTS OF FUELING ON
ENERGY
OUTPUT
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ANFO
CHARACTERISTICS
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ANFO
CHARACTERISTICS
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FERTILIZER GRADE VS
EXPLOSIVE GRADE AN
PRILLS FOR ANFO
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ANFO CHARACTERISTICS
CONTD..
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EMULSION
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EXPLOSIVE EMULSION
ANATOMY
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CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPLOSIVE
EMULSION
INITIATION OF EXPLOSIVE
EMULSION
PROPERTIES OF EXPLOSIVE
EMULSION
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BULK EMULSION
CHARACTERISTICS
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Authors Bio-data
Authors Bio-data:
Partha Das Sharma is Graduate (B.Tech Hons.) in Mining Engineering from IIT,
Kharagpur, India (1979) and was associated with number of mining and explosives
organizations, namely MOIL, BALCO, Century Cement, Anil Chemicals, VBC Industries,
Mah. Explosives etc., before joining the present organization, Solar Group of
Explosives Industries at Nagpur (India), few years ago.
Author has presented number of technical papers in many of the seminars and journals on
varied topics like Overburden side casting by blasting, Blast induced Ground Vibration
and its control, Tunnel blasting, Drilling & blasting in metalliferous underground mines,
Controlled blasting techniques, Development of Non-primary explosive detonators (NPED),
Hot hole blasting, Signature hole blast analysis with Electronic detonator etc.
Authors Published Book: "Acid mine drainage (AMD) and It's control", Lambert Academic
Publishing, Germany (ISBN 978-3-8383-5522-1).
Currently, author has following useful blogs on Web:
http://miningandblasting.wordpress.com/
http://saferenvironment.wordpress.com
http://www.environmentengineering.blogspot.com
www.coalandfuel.blogspot.com
Author can be contacted at E-mail: sharmapd1@gmail.com, sharmapd1@rediffmail.com,
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Disclaimer: Views expressed in the article are solely of the authors own and do
not necessarily belong to any of the Company.
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