Charcoal Regeneration - Part 3. Mechanism of RDX Adsorption

Abstract

Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) adsorption and solvent desorption cycling of activated carbon (FS300) have been studied as a function of various pretreatments. As with a previous TNT study, preferential plugging of pores by pretreatments did not enhance the regeneration of the FS300. Using water adsorption/desorption isotherms, the characteristics of a carbon with improved cycling properties has been elucidated. These properties are in agreement with those characteristics previously found in the study with TNT and are based to a shift to a larger pore volume, increased numbers of pore body diameters in the mesopore range, and an increase in the ratio of pore opening to pore diameter. The mechanism of RDX adsorption on FS300 has been elucidated and compared to that of TNT.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA117592

Entities

People

  • Jerome Haberman
  • Thomas C. Castorina

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adsorption
  • Aqueous Solutions
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Desorption
  • Energetic Materials
  • Equations
  • Explosives
  • Hydrophobic Properties
  • Isotherms
  • Kinetics
  • Lepidoptera
  • Materials
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Physical Theories
  • Rdx

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  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies