44th Annual Conference

Sessions Speakers Exhibitors Floor Plan Buzz

Overcoming Emulsion Destabilization Caused by Common Contaminants (Room Lone Star DEF)

31 Jan 18
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Tracks: Session 11 - Problems & Solutions, Session 11 - Problems and Solutions, Session 12 - Explosives Analysis

Speaker(s): Ian Tolliday
This paper describes how specially developed emulsifiers can give greatly improved emulsion stability in the presence of contaminants. The test work shows stability tests using ammonium nitrate doped with various levels of common organic and inorganic impurities. The results of successful industrial trials with these emulsifiers are also given.