Abstract
Recovery of explosives from obsolete ammunition has been considered an eco-friendly alternative to conventional dumping or detonation disposal methods Composition B, made of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), and paraffin wax, has been used as the main explosive filling in various munitions. It was selected as a model explosive for this study. TNT was extracted from Composition B by exploiting the different solubilities of TNT and RDX in acetonitrile. After removing paraffin wax by hexane washing, RDX was recovered from unused Composition B with a purity higher than 99% and a yield of 84%.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 394-398 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |
| Volume | 56 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 Dec 25 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemical Engineering(all)
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Kang, H., Kim, H., Lee, C. H., Ahn, I. S., & Lee, K. D. (2017). Extraction-based recovery of RDX from obsolete Composition B. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 56, 394-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2017.07.036