Walter expls

More detailed information on Myrol Expls and their uses can be found in the refs Refs 1) G. R dmer, Report oh Explosives , PBL Rept 85160 (1945) 2) H. Walter et al,... 

Walter Explosives. Between 1942 and 1945, a team of chemists under the direction of Dr Hans Walter and which included Dr Benno Walter, developed several expls by using methanol and ammonia as starting materials. The work was started in the Degussa Laboratories in Frankfort on Main, and was transferred to Tetschen, Czechoslovakia in 1944. The most important expls developed by this group were MAN-Salz, Myrol, and TETRA-Salz. Of these, Walter considered Myrol as the most important... 

A few less important expls as well as derivatives of the above three materials, and various mixts containing them were also investigated, such as Dl-Salz, Formit, MAN-Salz plus Na nitrate, MAN-Salz plus Amm nitrate, MAN-Salz perchlorate and TRI-Salz Ref H. Walter et al, German Development in High Explosives , FIAT Final Rept No 1035, PBRept No 78271 (1947)... 

Snsjjjng, Walter O. (1880—1965). Amer chemist specializing in expls, but also known for his many contributions to the iiq petroleum gas industry. Dr. Snelling was at the US BurMines from 1908—1916, where he devised the first Sand Test (Refs 1 3) (See Vol 1, XXI-XXII). He then became the Director of Research at the Trojan Powder Co in 1917 where he worked extensively with Nitrostarch expls. Dr. Snelling was issued over 200 US patents contg many improvements in military and ndnin expls (Refs 4 5)... 

Toxicity. According to R dtner and Walter et al (Refs 2 3), TeMeAN and its expl compns are not toxic, nor are they irritating to the eyes, skin or lungs. It can be disposed of by aq soln, filtering off of other expl constituents (if present), and using the soln as a fertilizer... 

Mayer (Ref 3) reports that the compd has been proposed as a component of castable charges and of expl slurries Refs 1) Beil 4,47 2) H. Walter et al, Ger-... 

Mixts of TeMeADN with AN are considered suitable as expls by Walter et al (Ref 3). As an example, a compn contg TeMeADN 70 and AN 30% melts ca 88° and, if about 5% powd RDX is incorporated into the melt, forms a powerful expl quite suitable for filling 11. However, in order to prevent the corrosion of the shell from any nitric add released by the compn, it is recommended that the interior of the shell be coated with acid resistant paint (such as an asphalt lacquer). This expl proved to be more brisant than TNT, as indicated by Kast test results of crushing a lOmm high Cu cylinder 8.5mm vs 6.3mm for TNT. The compn has a deton vel of 7000m/sec, a Qg of 1200—1220 kcal/g (1500 for NG), an impact sensy rating of insensitive , and a gas vol evolved on deton of 900fi/kg... 

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