Structural and Morphological Quantitative 3D Characterisation of Ammonium Nitrate Prills by X-Ray Computed Tomography

The mixture of ammonium nitrate (AN) prills and fuel oil (FO), usually referred to as ANFO, is extensively used in the mining industry as a bulk explosive. One of the major performance predictors of ANFO mixtures is the fuel oil retention, which is itself governed by the complex pore structure of th...

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Main Authors: Fabien Léonard, Zhen Zhang, Holger Krebs, Giovanni Bruno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/5/1230