Smoke, colored research

A. Chin and L. Borer, "Investigations of the Effluents Produced During the Functioning of Navy Colored Smoke Devices," Proceedings, Eighth International Pyrotechnics Seminar, IIT Research Institute, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, July, 1982, p. 129. 

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. 

The interior surfaces of the skylight windows of the Technical Library in the Research Building are covered with 3M Scotchtint Solar Control Film, attached at the top and bottom by rods. This screening material is made of a flexible polyester film of 15/1000" total thickness and is aluminum vapor coated. The color selected was smoke (grey black) and,... 

Young, J.Y., Field exposure of infantry soldiers to hexachloroethane and colored smoke during a Military Operation-Urban Terrain training, US Army Biomedical Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, 1992. 

According to information from the Research Laboratory of Pica-tinny Arsenal, the disadvantage of large-scale destruction of the dye by the heat from the explosion can be reduced and the efficiency of color display improved by reversing the arrangement of chemical components. In the colored shell XM 152 275 Warhead HEy the dye is in the center surrounded by salt, with the explosive charge in the outside layer. The smoke-cloud results from the expansion following the implosive action. 

Uses Dye for coloring hydrocarbon solvents, oils, fats, waxes, shoe and floor polishes, gasoline, cellulose ester varnishes, styrene resins, soaps, colored smokes, and plastics Regulatory SARA 313 reportable Manuf./Distrib. Acros Org. http //www.acros.be-, Aldrich http //www.sigma-aldrich.com-, Anar Int l. http //www.anarchem.com-, ICN Biomed. Research Prods, http //www.icnbiomed.com-, Pfaltz Bauer http //www.pfaltzandbauer.com Spectrum Quality Prods. http //www.spectrumchemical.com, TCI Am. http //www.tciamerica.com Solvent yellow 29... 

Properties Oil, faint odor insol. in water si. sol. in alcohol sol. in lipids, org. soivs. m.w. 410.73 dens. 0.858-0.860 (20 C) m.p. -75 C b.p. 285 C (25 mm) ref. index 1.4965 (20 C) vise. 12 cps (25 C) flash pt. 200 C ref. index 1.496 (20 C) Toxicoiogy LD50 (oral, mouse) 5 g/kg, (IV, mouse) 1800 mg/kg mod. toxic by IV route si. toxic by ing. TSCA listed Precaution Combustible Hazardous Decomp. Prods. Heated to decomp., emits acrid smoke and irritating vapors HMiS Health 0, Flammability 1, Reactivity 0 Storage Photosensitive Uses Biochemical and pharmaceutical research a precursor of cholesterol in biosynthesis chemical intermediate for mfg. of pharmaceuticals, organic colorants, rubber chemicals, aromatics, surfactants bactericide antistat, emollient, lubricant, protectant,... 

CWTC Item 105 2, Military Requirement and Military Characteristics for 4.2-Inch Chemical Mortar Colored Smoke Shell, 7 Jul 44. (2) Leo Finkelstein, Colored Smokes, vol. 12, 1 May 48, monograph in series. History of Research and Development of the CWS (1 July 1940-31 December 1945), pp. 91-94. 

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