Munition components

On the surface, the move seemed quite innocent. Having gone into the government, Krauch moved to where the government was. His new office was called Vermittlungstelle Wehrmacht, which meant "Army Liaison." Had the office operated openly, few suspicions would have been aroused, for part of Farben s business had always come from supplying armies with munitions components. 

The approved method for disposal of chemical agent and decontamination of other munition components Is incineration (2 ). Figure 2 presents the functional disposal process selected for this program. 

The agent-contaminated metal parts and other munition components are treated in a rotary hydrolyzer that rinses the parts with caustic solution and hydrolyzes any remaining chemical agent. 

Area 600 provides solid materials transfer of (1) munitions components from Area 100, (2) waste salts from Area 300, and (3) plant wastes such as DPE suits, dunnage, and filters to the TRBP/GPCR systems in Area 400. 

The EtCell covered by this Spec is intended for use in die manuf of certain munition components (which are not named in the Spec but were named above)... 

The core of the bullet can be made from a variety of materials lead is by far the most common because of its high density and the fact that it is cheap, readily obtained, and easy to fabricate. But copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, steel (sometimes hardened by heat treatment), depleted uranium, zinc, iron, tungsten, rubber, and various plastics may also be encountered. (When most of the fissile radioactive isotopes of uranium are removed from natural uranium, the residue is called depleted uranium. Depleted uranium is 67% denser than lead, and it is an ideal bullet material and is very effective in an armor-piercing role, both in small arms and larger munitions components. Because of its residual radioactivity its use is controversial.) Bullets with a lead core and a copper alloy jacket are by far the most common. 

Scrap metal generated at stockpile disposal facilities comes from the treatment of metal munitions casings and bulk ton containers (TCs) in the MPF or deactivation furnace system (DFS) after the agent has been drained. Drained bulk containers and munition casings with energetic materials removed and metal munition components are treated in the MPF to destroy any agent residues. After treatment, the metal parts are allowed to cool, vacuumed to remove loose paint flakes and ash residue, and stored temporarily prior to shipment off-site. 

After the munitions are disassembled and drained of agents, the munitions components, metal parts, chemical agents, and packaging will be destroyed or decontaminated in four different furnaces. Rocket segments, land mines, and explosive components will be destroyed in a deactivation furnace capable of containing explosions and surges of agent. Projectiles... 

The Army has a good understanding of miscellaneous chemical warfare materiel to be destroyed and has documented them by location, configuration, quantity, and type. However, changes are likely to occur as materiel is added or deleted as a result of the Chemical Weapons Convention verification process. The materiel is predominantly metal containers and munitions components. Some of the components contain explosive charges that may need to be extracted before disposal. 

Maskarinec MP, Manning DL, Harvey RW. 1984. Determination of munitions components in water by resin adsorption and high-performance liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection. J Chromatogr 302 51-63. 

The Army appears to be making good progress in destroying unfilled chemical munition components and empty ton containers. Eor this reason, the only type of miscellaneous CWM considered in this report is the chemical samples. These are stored at stockpile sites in a wide variety of containers, from ton containers to glass vials they contain a variety of chemical agents. 

Salts are produced as the result of the hydrolysis of agent and energetic materials, chemical decontamination from washing of the facility, and the biotreatment process. These salts contain metals (e.g., lead) derived from munition components. Dried salts were originally to be crystallized from... 

The committee has given particular consideration to the problems associated with arsenic, because it may occur in relatively high concentrations in neutralents derived from agents such as lewisite. Other heavy metals listed below can be expected to occur in lower concentrations because they derive from munition components such as fuzes, solders, and alloys. However, their toxicity is such that even low concentrations may pose significant risks. 

Lead is often found at low concentrations in neutralents. It may derive from munition components such as solder or from detonating compounds such as lead azide. Lead compounds are strong neurotoxins and have been associated with developmental mental retardation in children. Like other divalent metal cations (e.g., zinc and cadmium), lead(II) salts can be removed from aqueous streams by precipitation with sulfide or by ion exchange. 

Specifically Made for CW Employment Consists of Metal Parts, Bursters, Munition Components, Empty Ton Containers and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT E) Stocks... 

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