Accession Number:

ADA222270

Title:

Laboratory Tests to Determine the Chemical and Physical Characteristics of Propellant-Solvent-Fuel Oil Mixtures

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Oct 1989-Feb 1990,

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL FERTILIZER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER MUSCLE SHOALS AL

Personal Author(s):

• Norwood, V. M.
• Craft, D. J.
• Breed, C. E.

Report Date:

1990-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

189.0

Abstract:

The military currently has an inventory of approximately 158,000 metric tons of propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics, with a total of 249, 000 metric tons projected by the year 1993. This inventory includes obsolete conventional munitions and waste propellant generated during the manufacturing process. The current alternatives to storage are open-air burning, open-air detonation, or incineration to slowly reduce the inventory of these materials. The United States Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency USATHAMA is currently coordinating a program to assess the feasibility of utilizing propellants dissolved in an appropriate solvent and further blended with fuel oil as supplemental fuel for Army industrial combustors. This report discusses the results from the initial phase of this program. JES

Descriptors:

• *AMMUNITION
• NITROCELLULOSE
• MANUFACTURING
• AIR
• CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• EXPLOSIVES
• PROPELLANTS
• COMBUSTION
• COMBUSTORS
• FUELS
• INVENTORY
• WASTES
• STORAGE
• ARMY
• DETONATIONS
• FUEL OIL
• PYROTECHNICS
• LABORATORY TESTS
• INDUSTRIES

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE