DEMILITARIZATION AND DISPOSAL OF HC SMOKE ORDINANCE

摘要

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.