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    This document discusses blasting techniques used in tunnel construction. It defines blasting as using explosives to loosen rock. It describes different types of explosives like powder, liquid air, and disruptive explosives that come in cartridges of varying diameters and strengths. It also discusses detonators that are used to fire explosives, including half second and millisecond delay detonators. Finally, it provides information on optimal explosive quantities depending on the rock type and how placing charges equidistant from faces can increase the amount of rock broken.

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    This document discusses blasting techniques used in tunnel construction. It defines blasting as using explosives to loosen rock. It describes different types of explosives like powder, liquid air, and disruptive explosives that come in cartridges of varying diameters and strengths. It also discusses detonators that are used to fire explosives, including half second and millisecond delay detonators. Finally, it provides information on optimal explosive quantities depending on the rock type and how placing charges equidistant from faces can increase the amount of rock broken.

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    This document discusses blasting techniques used in tunnel construction. It defines blasting as using explosives to loosen rock. It describes different types of explosives like powder, liquid air, and disruptive explosives that come in cartridges of varying diameters and strengths. It also discusses detonators that are used to fire explosives, including half second and millisecond delay detonators. Finally, it provides information on optimal explosive quantities depending on the rock type and how placing charges equidistant from faces can increase the amount of rock broken.

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    This document discusses blasting techniques used in tunnel construction. It defines blasting as using explosives to loosen rock. It describes different types of explosives like powder, liquid air, and disruptive explosives that come in cartridges of varying diameters and strengths. It also discusses detonators that are used to fire explosives, including half second and millisecond delay detonators. Finally, it provides information on optimal explosive quantities depending on the rock type and how placing charges equidistant from faces can increase the amount of rock broken.

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    BLASTING IN TUNNEL

    Definations:
    1) Blasting: Discharging operation of a explosive to loosen
    rock
    Blasting Powder=Salt petre + Sulphur + Charcoal
    (65-75%) (8-15%) (10-15%)
    2) Safety Fuse : Use to convey a flame to explosive

    3) Electric Squib : To ignite blasting powder

    4) Prima Cord : Very high explosive detonating fuse Used


    to detonate dynamite @ velocity of 6000m/sec

    5) Coyoto Tunnel : Tunnel of several metre diameter into


    which a large quantity of explosive placed for detonating
    purposes
    Types of Explosive:
    1) Powder Explosive
    2) Liquid air Explosive
    3) Disruptive Explosive
    Grade and strength in form of cartridges of 2.5cm to 20cm in diameter and 20cm to
    70cm in length .The strength of explosive specified as percentage of ratio of weight
    of nitroglycerine to total wt. of cartridge

    Lebrun’s Relation between weight of charge and depth of hole

    W= c.m³⁄ cos³α
    for maximum volume:α=54°44̍
    1) Straight Dynamite:
    Not suitable for tunneling in rocks
    Highly sensitive and water proof type of explosive
    The percentage of nitroglycerine is 15 to 60%
    Used in tight spots and for block holding
    2) Ammonia Dynamite:
    Suitable for soft rock
    Also called Extra Dynamite
    The percentage of nitroglycerine is 15 to 60%
    3) Gelatin Dynamite:
    Most suitable for rock tunneling
    Their shattering effect is high
    The percentage of nitroglycerine is 20 to 90% for
    straight gelatin and 30 to 90% for special gelatin
    The quantity of explosive varies from 13kg to
    28kg per cubic metre of rock to be blasted
    depending on nature of rock.

    DETONATORS:
    Device used for firing explosive . Consist of
    copper cylinder of small diameter 7mm closed at
    one end. The length of detonator be about
    50mm.It contain dry mercury fulminate and
    potassium chlorate.
    Types of Detonators:
    1)Half second delay detonator: Available in 10 days,interval being ½ second
    2)Milli second delay detonator: Available in 15 days.

    Delay detonator used to reduce ground vibration,improved fragmentation and reduction in


    over breakage.
    The charge of explosive placed equidistant from each faces will break out 2.25 times as
    much as single phase and if charge can be placed equidistant from three faces it will break
    3.5 times amount broken for single free face.

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