Chemical conversion of energetic materials to higher value products
Objective of this program is to examine new routes for disposal of energetic materials, as there is need to reduce the stockpile of conventional munitions. Disposal through destruction (burning, detonation) is less feasible today due to environmental, cost and safety concerns. Chemical conversion of energetic materials to higher value products useful in civilian and military applications is one area being explored. Initial focus has been on the conversion of TNT to other materials. Reduction of TNT to aminodinitrotoluenes, diaminonitrotoluenes and triaminotoluene is well known. Conversion of these TNT reduction products to corresponding iminodiacetic acid derivatives by N-dialkylation with chloroacetic acid should provide chelators of heavy metals. The preparation and characterization of chelating resins derived from TNT-related molecules and polystyrene are described.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 10187951
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-113394; CONF-930681-3; ON: DE93041346
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 24. international annual conference of the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technologies,Karlsruhe (Germany),29 Jun - 2 Jul 1993; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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