Recovering of components from plastic bonded propellants

Waste Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 175-185

  Bohn, Manfred A ^a   Schweppe, Rainer ^a   Weisweiler, Werner ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY ICT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BONDING; CAUSTIC SODA; CHEMICAL BONDS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXPLOSIVES; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; POLYURETHANES; PROPELLANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE; HEXOGEN; OCTOGEN; SOLVOLYSIS;

RECYCLING;

PROPELLANT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

HESPERIS;

EID: 0031428538     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(97)10018-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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