Approaches to the Implementation of Environment Pollution Prevention Technologies at Military Bases (Approches de l'application des techniques de prevention de la pollution sur les bases militaires)
Abstract
An affordable and short-term solution to destroy the high explosives of unexploded ordnance is burning them. Military high explosives are realized to provide a propellant (propulsion) or a destructive effect (detonation) in munition. The commonly used high explosives can be seen in the summary of fig. 1. High explosives, rocket propellants or propellant powders hardly ever contain pure high explosives. Normally there are mixtures which have to be split up into their individual components when preparing them for conversion. This is relatively simple in the case of high explosive charges (fig. 2) and still feasible for single base propellants but very difficult for double base propellants as they are available in form of solid propellant mixtures. Dissolving and separation of such propellants are very expensive and take much time.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010608
Entities
People
- P. Wanninger