Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Seminar	30
Laboratory/Exercise	30
e-learning	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Hard mineral raw-mateial is mosly obtained with usage of explosives, cheapest energy source available. The aim of course is for student to get knowledge of explosives for civil use and usage of them by blasting methods. Basic knowledge of explosives and initiating material characteristics, of the process of transformation of energetic material and application of blasting methods shall be learned.

1. Atlas Powder Company, (1987): Explosives and Rock Blasting, vol. I., Atlas Powder Company, Dallas, 320
2. Persson, P., Holmberg, R., Lee, J. (1993): Rock Blasting and Explosives Engineering, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 264
3. Zukas, J.A:, Walters, W.P. (1998): Explosive Effects and Applikations, Springer, New York, 431