The invention discloses an explosive, and a preparation method and an application thereof. The explosive comprises the following components in percentages by weight: 40 to 70% of a main explosive, 10to 30% of aluminum
powder, 5 to 15% of a desensitizing agent, 5 to 15% of nanometer
basalt powder and 3 to 10% of a composite
glass microsphere. According to the invention, through addition of the composite
glass microsphere, the explosion rate of the explosive can be reduced through the combined action of
silicon dioxide on the surface of the composite
glass microsphere and the nanometer
basalt powder; meanwhile, under the action of
external energy or explosive energy, the
silicon dioxide on the surface of the composite
microsphere is broken, and a
flame retardant located in hollow aluminum
fiber can be gradually released; thus, by combination of substances and through combined action, an obtained explosive has low explosion rate and high insensitiveness and
flame-retardant performance, can achieve high safety performance and is applicable to the fields of stone mining, etc. The preparation method for the explosive has the advantages of simplicity, easily-available and cheap raw materials, convenient implementation, and applicability to industrial large-scale production application.