Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture is commercially available as pale white, gray, yellow, or pink oil-covered prills with a petroleum odor. Non-commercially produced forms may be darker in color. It is used for blasting rock and in some types of mining.
Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO) is one of the most widely used explosives for civilian purposes. Its main advantages are its low price and simple method of production. The main disadvantages of this material are low water resistance and problems related to non-ideal detonation, which can be a potential hazard when using ANFO. ...
The modified powdery mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (MPANFO) is a new breed of industrial explosives developed years ago in China. As one of the important properties of an industrial explosive, the channel effect of MPANFO was reported in this paper. A series of experiments were conducted to determine the channel effect of MPANFO.
Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) on the environment and to determine its suitability for service. The Canadian Forces are concerned about the high solubility of ammonium nitrate (AN) that could represent a potential threat to the environment. For example, the detonation of ANFO
Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) Any carbonaceous material mixed with ammonium nitrate (AN) will produce a possible explosive mixture. In fact AN, as a pure material is not classified as an explosive for transportation and storage unless it contains >0.4% carbonaceous material. However, there have been many apparent incidences of pure AN being ...
ANFO is an acronym for the most popular blasting agents in use today. It stands for ammonium nitrate, fuel oil; and it is a simple mixture of the two. Ammonium nitrate is an …
Ammonium Nitrate-Fuel Oil (ANFO) remains one of the most commonly used products in quarry blasting. ANFO, a mixture containing 94% AN and 6% fuel oil, is probably the most commonly
Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) is preferred mining explosives in worldwide. It is composed of ammonium nitrate (94-96%) and liquid hydrocarbon as fuel oil (4-6%), which is …
Substance information for NA 0331 - Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture containing only prilled ammonium nitrate and fuel oil based on the Hazardous Materials Table (Title 49 CFR 172.101) to assist in preparing a risk assessment for loading, transporting and storing hazardous materials.
Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO) is a general term for a class of high explosives that are prepared at or near the point of use, by mixing ammonium nitrate granules called "prills" with a hydrocarbon such as diesel oil. It has legitimate industrial applications, especially in earthmoving and quarrying, because, in a semisolid slurry form, it ...
Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (ANFO) explosive vehicle is the most common equipment in the mining machinery. The pharmaceutical system is the most important system of the whole mechanical system, its performance and reliability determine the reliability of the whole system. However, there is little literature on reliability analysis of ANFO explosive vehicle. In …
DYNOMIX is a prilled Ammonium Nitrate/fuel oil explosive mixture suitable for use in dry borehole conditions when primed with either nitroglycerin dynamite or a cast booster. It's available packaged in a variety of sizes and types of bags or delivered in bulk. For bulk delivery, it can be premixed and delivered to overhead storage bins, mixed ...
An ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) composition is prepared by mixing 94 grams of Ammonium Nitrate (AN) prills with poor fuel retention properties (having a poured bulk density of about 0.96 grams/cm 3 ) and 6 grams of diesel fuel (ultra low sulfur diesel fuel, ULSD) The resulting composition contains 6 grams of fuel and 0 grams of diluent oil ...
To use as an explosive or a blasting reagent, $ce{NH4NO3}$ is mixed with fuel oil, which is called ammonium nitrate fuel-oil (ANFO; Ref.1). According to Ref.2, during the explosion, following exothermic reaction would take place (hydrocarbon is represented by $ce{CH2}$):
The invention discloses ammonium nitrate fuel oil, which belongs to the field of the industrial explosive. The ammonium nitrate fuel oil is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 1-99 parts of mixture of porous granular ammonium nitrate and diesel and 99-1 parts of viscous material. The processing method comprises the following steps of: starting a vertical …
The ammonium nitrate (AN) and fuel oil (FO) mixture known as ANFO is a typical representative of non-ideal explosives. In contrast to ideal explosives, the detonation behavior of ANFO exhibits a strong dependence on charge diameter, existence, and properties of confinement, with a large failure diameter and long distance required to establish steady-state …
Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture is commercially available as pale white, gray, yellow, or pink oil-covered prills with a petroleum odor. Non-commercially produced forms may be darker in color. It is used for blasting rock and in some types of mining. It will accelerate the burning of combustible materials. The ammonium nitrate is soluble in ...
If the fire is in the hot zone or impinging on any closed containers that contain ammonium nitrate or fuel oil, immediately begin removing all personnel from the hot zone. Aggressively expand the ...
Ammonium-nitrate-fuel-oil (ANFO) was selected as the NIHE and aluminum tubes were used as con ners. Experimentally observed ANFO detonation velocities range from 1.5{4.0 mm/ s depending on the explosive properties, charge size and degree
explosives such as Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil (ANFO). In this study, the effect of reaction zone flow di-vergence on ANFO detonation was explored through variation of the inert confinement and explosive diameter in the rate-stick geometry with cylinder expansion experiments. New tests are discussed and compared to prior experiments.
Such divergence is responsible for the diameter-effect and failure-diameter phenomena in condensed-phase explosives and particularly dominant in detonation of nonideal explosives such as Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil (ANFO).
Fuel oil is an important component of ammonium-nitrate-based explosives. In the case of ANFO, the constituents include, inter alia, diesel oil, kerosene, or gasoline. Research conducted on diesel oil enriched with …
Other articles where ANFO is discussed: explosive: Ammonium nitrate–fuel oil mixtures: In 1955 it was discovered that mixtures of ammonium nitrate and fine coal dust would give very satisfactory blasting results in the large (about 22.5-centimetre, 9-inch) holes used in open-pit coal mines to remove the rock and soil covering the coal.…
Ammonium nitrate SAFETY DATA SHEET Page 1 / 8 Creation Date 05-Oct-2010 Revision Date 22-Dec ... May ignite combustibles (wood paper, oil, clothing, etc.). Thermal decomposition can lead to release of irritating gases and vapors. Keep product and empty container away from heat and ... (solid,gas) No information available Explosion Limits No ...
Examples of nonideal detonation can be seen in the diameter-effect plot in Fig. 1 of Jackson and Short [1] for Ammonium-Nitrate and Fuel-Oil (ANFO), as well as for Comp B and TNT near their failure diameters, where D 0 is a strong function of radius.
Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO) Based on the research studies, it is found that the experts in mining tend to use ANFO for its safe and economic characteristics. Compared to other explosive raw materials, ANFO is categorized as dry-based and highly safe explosion both in underground explosion and in an open explosion with 1 to 12 inches or ...
Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture containing only prilled ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. 1.5D NA0331 II Ammonium nitrate, with not more than 0.2 percent total combustible material, including any organic substance, calculated as carbon to the exclusion of any other added substance. 5.1 UN1942 III Explosive, blasting, type B or Agent blasting,
ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture, the entire motor vehicle or freight container shall be placarded as Division 1.1D. d. The requirements of § 177.835(a) are waived when the engine of a cargo tank motor vehicle is necessary for the operation of a pump, auger, or other equipment needed to load or unload materials from the vehicle. e.
It's also used in some explosive mixtures which are used for mining and quarrying. Mixed with fuel oil it's known as ANFO (ammonium nitrate/fuel oil), which accounts for approximately 80% of the 2.7 billion kilograms of explosives …
Porous particulated ammonium oil explosive is a kind of ammonium nitrate and the diesel oil a kind of on-site mixed bulk explosives by 94.5: 5.5 mixed; It has that abundant raw material, processing are simple, low cost of manufacture, good free-running property, safe in utilization, gas energy is big, explosion velocity is moderate characteristics, in the Open-pit Mining that the is …
Available in both bulk and bagged form, ANFO Prilled Ammonium Nitrate (AN) is a nominal blend of porous Ammonium Nitrate prill and fuel oil. It is a dry, free flowing explosive; formulated to …
Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixture is commercially available as pale white, gray, yellow, or pink oil-covered prills with a petroleum odor. Non-commercially produced forms may be darker in color. It is used for blasting rock and in some types of mining. It will accelerate the burning of combustible materials. The ammonium nitrate is soluble in ...