As the explosive liquid compounds to be used for the production of micro-capsules of the present invention, mention may be made of glycerine trinitrate, glycerine dinitrate, ethylene glycol dinitrate, diethylene glycol dinitrate, triethylene glycol dinitrate, trimethylene glycol dinitrate, diglycerine tetranitrate, monochlorohydrin dinitrate, acetylglycerine dinitrate, 1,2,3-butanetriol trinitrate, 2-nitro-2-oxymethyl-1,3-propanediol trinitrate, 2-methyl-2-oxymethyl-1,3-propanediol trinitrate, nitrobenzene, tetranitromethane and the like, and mixtures thereof.
Further, gelatinized products of the above described explosive liquid compounds with gelatinizing agents, such as nitrocellulose and the like, for example, gelatinized products obtained by absorbing glycerine trinitrate, glycerine dinitrate, ethylene glycol dinitrate and the like in nitrocellulose can be used for the production of micro-capsules of the present invention.
As the high molecular weight compounds to be used for the production of micro-capsules of the present invention, mention may be made of thermosetting resins, such as polyurethane, polyurea, epoxy resin and the like, and thermoplastic resins, such as polystyrene, polyvinyl alcohol and the like.
The micro-capsules of the present invention are produced in the following manner. An explosive liquid compound is dispersed in water together with methylcellulose, a surfactant and the like, monomer of a high molecular weight compound, which forms the capsule wall, is added to the dispersed system, and, if necessary, a polymerization initiator or a reactive monomer is added thereto, and the resulting mixture is subjected to a polymerization reaction.
According to the above described method, it is possible to produce micro-capsules containing an explosive liquid compound in an amount as large as about 80-95% by weight.
