Explosive compositions: compositions included are those containing both a fuel and sufficient oxidiser so that, upon initiation, they are capable of undergoing a chemical reaction of a relatively high rate of speed, resulting in the production of usable force for blasting, firearms, propelling missiles, or the like.

Thermic compositions; compositions included have

Compositions which are fuels for rocket engines and intended for reaction with an oxidant, excluding air, in order to provide thrust for motive power purposes.

Compositions used for affecting the explosion environment, e.g. for neutralising the poisonous gases of explosives or for cooling the explosion gases.

Methods or apparatus for preparing or treating, e.g. working-up, the compositions mentioned above, not otherwise provided for in the IPC.

Methods of using single substances as explosives.

Compositions mentioned above, defined by structure or arrangement of the components or products.

This subclass does not cover chemical compounds or their preparation as such, which subject matter is covered by classes C01 (inorganic chemistry), C07 (organic chemistry) and C08 (organic macromolecular compounds).

The use of explosive or thermic compositions for welding operations is classified in subclass B23K, the compositions as such used therefor are additionally classified in subclass C06B.

In this subclass, methods or apparatus for preparing or treating compositions are classified according to the particular components of the compositions.

In this subclass, with the exception of group C06B 21/00, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, a composition is classified in the last place that provides for an ingredient.

In this subclass, the words "based on", with reference to explosive compositions, refer to the explosive ingredient present in the largest proportion by weight

Methods or apparatus for preparing or treating compositions are classified accoding to the particular compositions.

Installations, transport means and apparatus in general

Safety measures.

In the absence of an indication to the contrary a process is classified in the last appropriate place, e.g. granulation by extrusion and chopping C06B 21/0075.

Mixers, mobile mixing installations and mixing processes.

Grinding of powders and shaping of bodies in general.

Compression by oppositely-rotating roller bodies.

Sintering processes and melting point depressing agents in as far as it concerns the process.

Grinding powders to defined particle sizes

Sifting of powders for obtaining defined particle size distributions

Crystallization of materials into crystals

Cutting up strings in pieces

Screw extruders.

Inhitor modifiers for making inhibitor layers.

Drying processes such as freeze-drying and flash-drying.

Exercise munition containing small amounts of explosives.

Reducing visibility of combustion products of rockets on radar

Mining explosives.

Examples of nitrated aromatic compounds are:

Trinitrophenol; picric acid

Dinitroaminophenol; picramic acid

Trinitroaniline; picramide

Trinitrotoluene; TNT

Trinitrophenoxy-ethyl nitrate

Glycerol-trinitrophenylether-dinitrate

Trinitrodihydroxybenzene; styphnic acid;trinitroresorcinol

Aromatic nitramines such as;

2,4,6-Trinitrophenetol; Ethylpicrate

2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylether; Trinitroanisol

Trinitrobenzoic acid

1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene; Trinitrobenzol

Trinitrochorbenzol; Pycrilchloride

Trinitrokresol

Trinitroxylene; TNX; 2,4,6-Trinitro-m-Xylol

Trinitronaphtaline

Dinitrotoluene

Nitroglycerine and other glycerine or glycerine derivatives being fluid nitric acid esters.

Monobase or Single-Base Nitrocellulose propellants

Nitrocellulose in combination with an explosive plaasticizer or gelatinizer not covered by subgroups.

Composition containing nitrated pentarythritol, e.g. mixture of PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate) and TNT (trinitrotoluene) called Pentolite

Composition containing compound being a nitrated acyclic, alicyclic or heterocyclic amine , e. g. RDX, (T4 or cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine), HMX, (octogen or octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine),Nitroguanidine, HNIW (hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane or Cl-20), TEX, (4,10-dinitro-2,6,8,12-tetraoxa-4,10-diazatetracyclo dodecane, TNAZ (1,3,3,-trinitroazetidine), mixture of RDX and TNT called Cyclotol or Composition B

Compositions containing metals, the elements boron, silicon, selenium or tellurium, blends thereof, combination or binary compound formed with hydrogen of the elements; hydrogen-carbon (hydrocarbons) or non-metal group 17 hydrogen-carbon (halogenated hydrocarbons)

Compositions containing carbonless oxygen-non metal Group 17 elements, such as salts derived from perchloric acid (ClO4-), chlorate (ClO3-)

Ammonium perchlorate in combination with components ,which correspond to the classes C06B 29/04 - C06B 29/20

Compositions containing carbonless nitrogen-oxygen salt such as (ammoniumdinitramide) (ADN)

Compositions containing alkali metal or alkaline earth metal nitrate with carbon or sulfur, e.g. black powder

Wood dust etc. as carbon source

Sulphides as sulphur source

Ammonium nitrate in combination with organic components

Hydroxylammonium nitrate

Compositions containing ammonium nitrate with other organic non-explosive substances, e.g vegetable matter, resin, rubber

Compositions containing metals, alloys, silicon, selenium or tellurium with at least one oxygen yielding-compound, e,g. metal oxide

Composition containing metal, alloy, silicon, selenium or tellurim with at least one oxygen yielding component and an organic compound lacking a detonation part (non explosive or non-thermic), e.g. a metal and a polymer

Compositions containing metals, alloys, silicon, selenium or tellurium with carbonless nitrogen-oxygen salt

Compositions containing metals, alloys, silicon, selenium or tellurium with carbonless oxygen- non-metal Group 17 salt

Eutectic mixtures

Two different oxidizers mean that they are physically separately present in the composition.

Particles of mixed oxidizer (one oxidizer containing a mixture of oxides) is not considered as a mixture.

Fuel - air mixtures, explosive gas mixtures, organic perchlorate salts, tetrazoles etc.

Aspects related to structure like particle size, shapes, porosity etc.

Melt-in-oil emulsions.

Compositions comprising solid particles dispersed in solid solution or matrix comprising organic component containing a resin, e.g. plasticizers, crosslinkers, polymer catalysts, polymers being present as a matrix forming component and not as particles.

Polymers per se are classified in C08

This group covers compositions or products defined by having contiguous layers or zones, e.g.:

Compositions including a covering, i.e. coated component base containing organic explosive or organic thermic component, coated component base containing inorganic explosive or inorganic thermic component or coated component base containing both organic explosive or thermic component and inorganic explosive or thermic component

Coated metal particles.

Compositions that have two or more parts isolated by structure prior to detonation

Emulsion type explosives in which a solid component is not compulsory

Water-ol-oil emulsions mixed with granules

C06B 47/04 takes precedence

Water-in-oil emulsions mixed with granules

Melt-in-oil emulsions