Vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides) is capable of removing insensitive high explosives from munition industry wastewater.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.155
Abstract: Synthetic organic explosive compounds in the wastewater stream of industrial munition facilities are subject to regulatory permits and require pretreatment prior to discharge. Munition industries are currently focused on developing insensitive high explosives (IHEs) such… read more here.
Keywords: high explosives; insensitive high; grass chrysopogon; industry wastewater ... See more keywords
Estimating the metal acceleration ability of high explosives
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DOI: 10.1016/j.dt.2019.07.002
Abstract: Abstract The Gurney method is widely used in the conceptual design stage of explosive fragmentation warheads employed in various weapons systems. This method states that the peak fragment velocity ( V 0 ) is a… read more here.
Keywords: metal acceleration; velocity; high explosives; gurney velocity ... See more keywords
Raman scattering detection of high explosives on human hair
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DOI: 10.1117/1.oe.59.10.107103
Abstract: Abstract. High explosives (HE) represent a high risk to the safety and health of the general population. Therefore, there is an ongoing demand for methods of analysis with limits of detection at trace levels for… read more here.
Keywords: high explosives; scattering detection; raman scattering; human hair ... See more keywords