ANFOex
ANFOex is a pink powdered explosive. It is the most common explosive in the world.
Use options
ANFOex is used as the main explosive for most civil engineering work worldwide.
ANFOex is easy to use for vertical boreholes.
ANFOex flows, filling the entire borehole space and using it as much as possible
Advantages
- Low post-explosion gas emissions
- Excellent performance on all types of rock
- Safe – is not affected by friction or blows
- Easy and convenient to use and transport
- Common and inexpensive explosive
Initiation
ANFOexis operated by an accelerant
Safety and transportation
ANFOex can be transported and used pursuant to Explosives (Trade, Transportation, Manufacture, Storage, and Use) Regulations, 5754-1994
Technical data
Not water resistant
Explosion speed: about 4,350 m/sec
Density: 0.75-0.85 gram/cu.cm.
Energy: 3.91 kg
Gas volume: 981 liter/kg
Packaging
comes in a 20-kg paper bags on a 720-kg pallet or in bulk in a tank (up to 14 tons)
Classification
ANFOex cUN no.: 0082, Category: D1.1on