One Step No Waste Composition C4 Production

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Abstract:

The Composition C4 (C4) hand-moldable M112 demolition blocks are used by all Department of Defense (DoD) services and are consumed at the rate of several hundred thousand blocks per year. Since 1950, C4 has been produced by a 10-step water slurry batch process that uses an organic solvent-based lacquer to apply a binder system to RDX nitramine crystals. The C4 batch method is labor and energy intensive with some inherent environmental risk. Then the C4 bulk powder is trucked to another facility to be post-processed into M112 demolition blocks via two additional manufacturing steps.

Author(s):
Centrella, John ; Khatri, Natasha M. ; Kalyon, Dilhan
Author Organization(s):
US Army Armaments Research, Development, and Engineering Center; Stevens Institute of Technology; Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory
Funding Organization(s):
Environmental Security Technology Certification Program , Alexandria , VA
Document Type:
Technical Report/Final Report
Publication Date:
2018 Sep 01
Pagination:
127

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TRECMS
Identifying Numbers
Project Number(s):
WP-201508
Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
materials science, materials testing, materials processing, materials laboratories, insensitive explosives, plastic explosives, test and evaluation, chemistry, explosions, chemical synthesis, explosive ordnance disposal, explosives, performance tests, liquid chromatography, measurement, three dimensional, computer programs
Keyword(s):
Composition C4, PAX-52, M112 Demolition Block, Silicone, Energetic Nitramine RDX HMX, Twin-screw Extrusion, Continuous Process, Environmental Impact, No Waste, Single Step, stability
Subject Categories:
Ordnance; Chemistry
Creation Date:
2021 Jun 30
Update Date:
2021 Sep 01