A concealed amalgamated neutralizer device covertly combines neutralizer material of inert materials such as calcium carbonate or silicates with common energetic material for the prevention of malicious use of the energetic material. The concealed amalgamated neutralizer device may vary in shape, size, and color and is therefore adaptable to varying methods of containment. The neutralizer material mimics the energetic material without detection. Upon disassembly of the concealed amalgamated neutralizer device, the neutralizer material is mixed with and neutralizes the energetic material rendering the energetic material useless. A container is provided which has a bottom section having an interior surface including a plurality of integrally formed recesses that are filled with the energetic material which allow manipulation of flash direction and intensity upon detonation.

A method for recovering ammonium perchlorate from a solid composite propellant, the method being carried out at a temperature of less than 50° C. involving maceration of solid composite propellant fragments in the form of an aqueous suspension, the method being terminated when the ionic conductivity in the aqueous suspension reaches a stabilized value, of less than 60 mS/cm.

The invention relates to a transport vehicle designed preferably for producing a mixture of waste lubricating oils/fuel oil (ALR/FO), mounted preferably on a chassis and comprising at least one metal tank. The metal tank is divided internally into at least two compartments having respective wave-breaks, wherein each compartment comprises a pump system, a plurality of lines for recharging products, at least one quick-filling system for respective FO and ALR compartments, at least one manual traditional filling system, and the vehicle comprises at least one logical control system having at least one actuating panel, at least one actuating reel for the actuation of at least one hose, and at least one static mixer for the ALR/FO mixture having an overpressure safety system, wherein said safety system includes a recirculation system to the ALR compartment, a plurality of double-acting vent valves, at least one man access, at least one battery, a plurality of filters for the suction of recycled oils and at least two filters for direct supply to manufacturing equipment. The invention also relates to an associated process.

An installation for destroying waste includes at least traces of energetic materials, comprising: an enclosure delimited by lateral walls, the enclosure being filled with a liquid medium up to a first level; a chamber comprising: an inlet intended to supply the chamber with waste to be destroyed by combustion in the chamber; an outlet; a discharge line extending between a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the outlet of the chamber, the second end being situated in the liquid medium, the discharge line rising, between its first end and its second end, to a second level which is higher than the first level, the discharge line being configured to discharge, at the second end, gases and volatile solid residues which are produced in the chamber during combustion.

A method for the manufacture of stable amorphous secondary explosives and combinations thereof—wherein the stability is enhanced with the addition of a polymeric additives and can be further enhanced with mechanical compression of the amorphous material.

Various types of structures, along with associated systems, are disclosed herein and configured for responding to an energy wave for changing a state of a mechanism to which said structures are operatively coupled. In at least one embodiment, the structure provides a material selectively changeable upon exposure to the energy wave to cause at least a portion of the material to mechanically degrade from a first state to a second state. When the material is in the first state, the material forms a mechanical or electrical link with the mechanism such that a force or an electrical current can be transmitted through the structure. When the material is in the second state, degradation of at least the portion of the material disrupts the mechanical or electrical link and inhibits transmission of the force or electrical current through the structure.

A method of manufacturing a CL-20/HMX cocrystalline explosive which is coated in a polymeric binder, so as to be useful as an explosive molding powder. The cocrystalline material having a desirable average crystal size of from about 300 nm to about 1000 nm, which crystals are intimately coated with a polymeric binder and are produced as granular agglomerates that are less than on average 5 microns in size, and which crystals are relatively easy and safe to handle, transport, store and use. The method involving spray drying a CL-20 and HMX solvent solution containing a polymeric binder to form an intermediary amorphous material—which intermediary is then heated to cocrystallize the CL-20/HMX into the desired size cocrystals and aggregates thereof—which are coated in said polymeric binder.

A method of deactivating an explosive composition being used in a blasting operation, which method comprises exposing the explosive composition to a micro-organism that is indigenous to the environment in which the explosive composition is being used and that is capable of producing an enzyme that degrades the explosive composition, wherein the explosive composition has associated with it a chemical inducing agent that promotes production of the enzyme by the micro-organism.

A perforating gun assembly includes a body having an axial length extending between a first axial end and a second axial end, an outer radial surface extending between the first axial end and the second axial end, and an inner bore and at least one explosive charge extending from the outer radial surface to the inner bore. The at least one explosive charge includes a charge casing and a cavity liner mounted within the charge casing. The charge casing and the cavity liner define a charge cavity there between. The at least one explosive charge further includes an explosive material retained within the charge cavity. The at least one explosive charge further includes a deactivation composition retained within the charge cavity.

A method for removing a gas from a propellant composition includes providing an uncured propellant composition comprising a bonding agent, energetic particles, and a polymeric binder, and flowing an inert gas through the uncured propellant composition to remove an evolved gas from the uncured propellant composition.