Synopses & Reviews
A very complete survey of different approaches adopted by Eastern and Western countries for the disposal of surplus ammunition. Incineration and other techniques for the disposal of high explosives, gun and rocket propellants are introduced and discussed in relation to environmental and safety requirements. Proposals for and examples of the re-use of military explosives in commercial applications are given. Topics discussed range from the conversion of energetic systems into chemical raw materials to the new development of energetic systems with special features for commercial use (such as producing artificial diamonds by detonation, self-propagating high-temperature synthesis, fire extinguishing, etc.).
Book News Annotation:
The workshop was held in Moscow, Russia, in May 1994, and addressed
current efforts to demilitarize conventional surplus ammunition,
different approaches in the east and west to converting energetic
condensed systems, new disposal techniques and routes to reuse that
will solve specific conversion problems, and common research areas
where defined tasks in cooperative partnerships can be initiated.
Among the 28 topics are studies in Britain and their application,
munitions disposal as a total concept, a new type of artificial
diamonds and the physical and chemical fundamentals of their
creation, the history of one initiated conversion using
self-propagating high- temperature synthesis, pyrotechnic aerosol
generating compositions and fire suppressing systems, using explosive
technologies for the national economy, chemical and biological
processes for decomposing nitrocellulose-based propellants, and
processing energetic materials with supercritical carbon dioxide.
Reproduced from typescripts, many double spaced.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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