Base hydrolysis kinetics of HMX-based explosives using sodium carbonate

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:273281

Bishop, R L; Skidmore, C; Flesner, R L; Dell`orco, P C; Spontarelli, T; Uher, K J; Kramer, J F ^[1]; Bell, D A ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Wyoming Univ., Laramie, WY (United States)

Sodium carbonate has been identified as a possible hydrolysis reagent for decomposing HMX-based explosives to water soluble, non-energetic products. In this study, the reaction kinetics of sodium carbonate hydrolysis are examined and a reaction model is developed. The rate of hydrolysis is reaction rate limited, opposed to mass transfer limited, up to 150{degrees}C. Greater than 99% of the explosive solids in powder form are destroyed in less than 10 minutes at a temperature of 150{degrees}C. The primary products from sodium carbonate hydrolysis are sodium nitrite, formate, nitrate, acetate, glycolate, hexamine, nitrogen gas, nitrous oxide, and ammonia.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 273281
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-96-1818; CONF-9606228-2; ON: DE96012627
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. international conference on combustion: "conversion and environmental problems of energetic materials": workshop on "peaceful utilization of energetic materials", St. Petersburg (Russian Federation), 3-6 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
40 CHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS
SODIUM CARBONATES
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
NITRITES
ACETATES
FORMATES
NITRATES
NITROGEN
NITROUS OXIDE
AMMONIA
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE DISPOSAL
REAGENTS