Demilitarization and disposal of hc smoke ordinance
OwnerJohn Potee Whitneyinventor
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Abstract
Demilitarization and disposal of HC smoke ordnance with recovery of constituents thereof as commodities entails mechanically removing from the ordnance a filler comprising hexachloroethane, zinc oxide and grained aluminum; heating the filler to a temperature above the sublimation temperature of hexachloroethane but safely below the temperature at which hexachloroethane chemically decomposes, and draining and collecting the dense hexachloroethane vapor; and conventionally separating the aluminum from the zinc oxide. Filler is supplied to and removed from a heating compartment from above; hexachloroethane drains via a lower portion of the heating compartment.
Claims20
A method for demilitarizing HC smoke ordnance where the ordinance comprises a filler having the constituents hexachloroethane, zinc oxide and grained aluminum and recovering components thereof, the method including steps of:
- liberating hexachloroethane from the filler;
- collecting said hexachloroethane;
- and
- after said step of liberating, separately collecting a solid residue of the filler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.