Conversion Concepts for Commercial Applications and Disposal Technologies of Energetic Systems
By: edited by Horst H. Krause
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series 1: Disarmament Technologies -- 14; NATO ASI Series, Series 1: Disarmament Technologies -- 14.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Imprint: Springer
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9789401711753
Subjects: Vibration; Physical organic chemistry; Surfaces (Physics); Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Environmental toxicology; Ecotoxicology; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Chemical engineering; Chemistry; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Physical Chemistry
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Moscow, Russia, 17-19 May 1994
Description: A very complete survey of different approaches adopted by Eastern and Western countries for the disposal of surplus ammunition. Incineration and other techniques for the disposal of high explosives, gun and rocket propellants are introduced and discussed in relation to environmental and safety requirements. Proposals for and examples of the re-use of military explosives in commercial applications are given. Topics discussed range from the conversion of energetic systems into chemical raw materials to the new development of energetic systems with special features for commercial use (such as producing artificial diamonds by detonation, self-propagating high-temperature synthesis, fire extinguishing, etc.).