Reformulation of solid propellants and high explosives: an environmentally benign means of demilitarizing explosive ordnance

摘要

Polymer Bound Explosives (PBXs) and Class 1.1 Military Propellants have been reformulated for use in the mining industry. There is a minimal waste stream. The explosives are sensitive to initiation by a #8 cap. Impact sensitivities have routinely passed 5 kg meter stimuli, initiation by 50,000 V AC and the BAM friction protocols at 1000 rpm under a 11 kg load for 10 seconds. The explosives were packed into sticks, slurried or used as pourable mixes.