Recycling Propellants and Explosives into the Commercial Explosive Industry

Abstract

As part of environmentally safe recycling of unwanted ordnance, the commercial blasting industry is a significant potential user of recovered energetic materials. Their industry utilizes significant quantities of explosive materials on an annual basis and can easily become an even larger consumer of military energetics if their requirements are properly addressed. This paper identifies their concerns and offers methods for satisfying them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA498801

Entities

People

  • Paul L. Miller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Nitrate
  • Conversion
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Energetic Materials
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Fuels
  • Governments
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Production
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Slurry Explosives
  • United States
  • Ussr

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Systems Analysis and Design