Recrystallization of RDX High Energy Material Using N,N-Dimethylformamide Solvent and Supercritical CO2 Antisolvent 


Vol. 15,  No. 4, pp. 233-238, Dec.  2009


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  Abstract

Supercritical fluid processes have gained great attention as a new and environmentally-benign method of preparing the microparticles of energetic materials like explosives and propellants. In this work, RDX (cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine) was selected as a target explosive. The microparticle formation of RDX using supercritical anti-solvent (SAS) recrystallization process was performed and the effect of operating variables on the size and morphology of prepared particles was observed. N,N-Dimethylformamide was used as organic solvent for dissolving the RDX. The size of the RDX particles decreased remarkably up to less than 10 μm by SAS recrystallization. In the range of operating conditions of the SAS process studied in this work, the finest RDX particles were obtained at 313.15K, 150 bar, and 15 wt% RDX concentration in feed solution.

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[IEEE Style]

K. CK, L. BC, L. YW, K. HS, "Recrystallization of RDX High Energy Material Using N,N-Dimethylformamide Solvent and Supercritical CO2 Antisolvent," Clean Technology, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 233-238, 2009. DOI: .

[ACM Style]

Kim CK, Lee BC, Lee YW, and Kim HS. 2009. Recrystallization of RDX High Energy Material Using N,N-Dimethylformamide Solvent and Supercritical CO2 Antisolvent. Clean Technology, 15, 4, (2009), 233-238. DOI: .