GenCorp Aerojet

Under joint sponsorship by the U. S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) and the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), a bench-scale transpiring wall reactor was developed by Sandia National Laboratories, FWDC, and GenCorp Aerojet. The reactor, which uses SCWO, was designed to treat military and other liquid wastes. A commercial application of the technology is in use to destroy munitions, colored smokes, and dyes. SWCO may also provide a viable alternative to incineration for the destruction of chemical weapons. 

Summary TNTC is prepared by treating NIHT.HC1 with nitromethane and ammonium nitrate in the presence of trifluoroacetic anhydride. After the reaction, the TNTC is contaminated with a by-product and hence needs to be purified. To do this, the contaminated TNTC is treated with ethyl acetate, and reciystallized. Commercial Industrial note For related, or similar information, see Application No. 471,906, January 29, 1990, by Gencorp Aerojet, to Der-Shing Hunag, Folsom, CA. Part or parts of this laboratory process may be protected by international, and/or commercial/industrial processes. Before using this process to legally manufacture the mentioned explosive, with intent to sell, consult any protected commercial or industrial processes related to, similar to, or additional to, the process discussed in this procedure. This process may be used to legally prepare the mentioned explosive for laboratory, educational, or research purposes. 

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