Extraction & Recycling of LOVA Propellants Using Supercritical Fluids

Abstract

In a cooperative effort involving the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), and Applied Analytical, Inc., the scale-up of a process to separate the components of Composition B high explosive using a supercritical fluid (SF) extraction process was investigated. New solubility data for TNT and wax in SF C02 was measured as part of this study. Batch SF extraction runs were carried out up to the 100-gram level, with results substantially the same as in the previous laboratory-scale process. *

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA636802

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey B. Morris

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Diagrams
  • Energetic Materials
  • Environmental Protection
  • Explosives
  • Extraction
  • Fluids
  • Gun Propellants
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Military Research
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Propellants
  • Solubility
  • Surface Warfare
  • Warfare

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