Safety of High Explosives Comminution Processes

Abstract

The explosives which are of interest include HMX, RDX, TATB, NQ, TNT, PETN and HNS and mixtures of these materials. These explosives are subjected to a variety of milling processes on the experimental and pilot plant scale. The quantities involved range from 1 to 2 kg to several hundred Kg. Various methods of comminution are in use: (a) end-runner milling (a mechanical pestle and mortar); (b) ball-milling; (c) colloid or paste milling; (d) slurry or attrition milling; (e) fluid-energy milling; and (f) precipitation from solvent combined with fluid-energy milling. This paper will outline the methods of comminution used at AWRE and then deal in more detail with how a number of safety problems have bean dealt with.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP000464

Entities

People

  • Robert Applin

Organizations

  • Atomic Weapons Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Centrifugal Pumps
  • Detonations
  • Diameters
  • Dry Materials
  • Energy
  • Explosives
  • Flow
  • Glass Transition Temperature
  • High Explosives
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Precipitation
  • Transition Temperature
  • Water Flow

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