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| Authors: | A. J. Busby: QinetiQ, MoD Fort Halstead, UK |
| | P. Q. Flower: QinetiQ, MoD Fort Halstead, UK |
| Publication title: | The characterisation of RDX recovered from barmine |
| Conference: | The Swedish Section for Detonics and Combustion, Fourth International Disposal Conference |
| Publication type: | Abstract |
| Issue: | 018 |
| Article No.: | 027 |
| Abstract: | The recycling of explosives is currently of interest to researchers as it offers potential economic and environmental benefits. If the recovered material is to be reused, its chemical and hazard properties must be fully understood. To this end, RDX was successfully separated from an RDX/TNT/wax composition, which had been recovered from a bar mine. Two different methods of separation were employed: a conventional Soxhlet-type solvent extraction using a chlorinated organic solvent to effect the separation, and an extraction using supercritical CO2 as a “green” solvent. The resulting RDX was analysed using both tests specified in DEFSTAN 07-23/1 and other, more modern analytical techniques. Small-scale EMTAP hazard tests were also performed. Conclusions are drawn, both concerning the relevance of the DEFSTAN and of possible concerns to be addressed when contemplating reuse of recovered explosives. |
| Language: | English |
| Year: | 2006 |
| No. of pages: | 1 |
| Series: | Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings |
| ISSN (print): | 1650-3686 |
| ISSN (online): | 1650-3740 |
| File: | http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/018/027/ecp061827.pdf |
| Available: | 2007-03-13 |
| Publisher: | Linköping University Electronic Press, Linköpings universitet |
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