Polymer bound explosive

Even explosives must conform to regulations. Polymer bound explosives (PBXs) and Class 1.1 military propellants have been reformulated for use in the mining industry. There is a minimal waste stream (Wulfman et al., 1997). 

Extruding is usually carried out using a screw-type extruding machine as it is known from the plastic industry. In this process, the explosive and polymer binder are pre-mixed and then mixed, compressed and extruded through a small hole under high pressure using the extruder. This process is particularly suitable for the preparation of polymer bound explosives (PBXs). 

The impure compound, present as a majority in the distillation residue from preparation of 1-diazoindene, will explode if the bath temperature exceeds 120°C [1], A polymer-bound sulfonyl azide reagent has been described as safer in use than the title compound [2], Distillation of the azide at 130-132 C/ 0.5 mbar from an oil bath at 145°C led to darkening, then violent explosion of the 30-40% residue [3],... 

The nitrate ester propellants can be plastisol-bound (high NC) or polymer-bound (low NC). If a binder is used, it usually is an isocyanate-cured polyester or polyether. Some propellants contain combustion modifiers, such as lead oxide. Gun propellants usually are single base (NC), double base (NC and NG), or triple base [NC, NG, and nitroguanidine (NQ)]. Some of the newer, lower vulnerability gun propellants contain binders and crystalline explosives and thus are similar to PBX. 

It has been stated numerous times that polymer-bound reactive intermediates are more stable than the corresponding solubilised counterparts. The stabilisation forces exerted by the polymeric matrix are most probably due to hydrophobic clustering. Polymer-bound peracids are believed to be more stable and not explosive. - The hydrophobic nature of polystyrene resins in combination with the high dilution effect has been used successfully several times to accelerate intramolecular cyclisations by grafting molecules onto a solid support as shown in Chapter 7.6.2>>22... 

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