"Green" PBX Formulations Based on High Explosives (RDX and HMX) and Water-Soluble pH-Sensitive Polymeric Binders.

ABSTRACT: The increasingly harsher and more complex international and European environmental legislation drives the current development of "greener" energetics materials and munitions. The aerospace and defense industries rely on extensive research in the formulation and scale-up production of polymer-bonded explosives (PBX). In this context, this paper aims to present a versatile method for obtaining "green" PBX formulations based on two high explosives (hexogen (RDX) and octogen (HMX)) and acrylic acid-ethyl acrylate copolymeric binders. This study developed an innovative "eco-friendly" technology for coating the RDX and HMX crystals, allowing straightforward and safer manufacture of PBX, avoiding the use of traditional organic solvents. At the same time, these polymeric binders are soluble in wat

SUBMITTER: Rotariu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10098890 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature