Degradation of high energetic and insensitive munitions compounds by Fe/Cu bimetal reduction

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 219-220, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-81

  Koutsospyros, Agamemnon ^a   Pavlov, Julius ^b   Fawcett, Jacqueline ^b,d   Strickland, David ^c   Smolinski, Benjamin ^c   Braida, Washington ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY   (United States)

^d Exxon Mobil Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimetal; Degradation reduction; DNAN; Energetics; HMX; Munitions; NQ; NTO; RDX; TNT

Indexed keywords

DNAN; ENERGETICS; MUNITIONS; NQ; NTO; RDX; TNT;

AMMUNITION; BIMETALS; HMX; LOADING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DEGRADATION;

2,4 DINITROANISOLE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; COPPER; CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; IRON; METAL; NICKEL; NITROTRIAZOLONE (3 NITRO 1,2,4 TRIAZOL 5 ONE); TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAVY METAL; PH; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION REDUCTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; PH; REACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOLUBILITY; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

COPPER; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; IRON; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84860779805     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.03.048     Document Type: Article

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