Method for reclaiming TNT and TNT-base high explosive from warhead by strip down in supercritical fluid
US8608880B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 7, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/54
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for the retraction of an explosive component from a high explosive, including the steps of loading a high explosive containing an explosive component into an striping down vessel; supplying a supercritical fluid to the striping down vessel; contacting the high explosive with the supercritical fluid at a temperature below the melting point of the explosive component and at a pressure sufficient to strip down the explosive component; and inducing a sonicating process on the striping down vessel simultaneously at a frequency of 2 MHz to 10 MHz.
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