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US 5,763,736 AGranted
Method for the disposal of explosive material
AssigneeOerlikon Contraves Pyrotec AG
InventorEduard Daume
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Abstract
A method for the decomposition of explosive materials into water-soluble products is offered, which can be disposed of in a thermal or biochemical way, which requires only very short reaction times because of the addition of polar, aliphatic, non-saponifiable compounds to a strongly basic, preferably aqueous reaction medium and under temperature control by means of the metered addition of the explosive materials.
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A method for the decomposition of explosive materials into water-soluble, biochemically or thermally disposable products, with the steps of:
- a. adding solid explosive materials to a liquid reaction medium containing at least one inorganic reduction agent and/or at least one strong base,
- b. exothermal decomposition of the explosive material into soluble compounds, while being intermixed and with the temperature controlled,
- c. selective neutralization of the reaction medium by the addition of at least one inorganic acid,
- d. at least partial isolation of the "neutralization product", and
- e. disposal of the "neutralization product", characterized in that
- the reaction medium is aqueous and additionally contains 10 to 30 weight-% of a polar, aliphatic, non-saponifiable solvent, whose evaporation enthaipy is maintained in balance with the reaction enthalpy of the explosive material by means of the metering speed with which the explosive material is added to the reaction medium.
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