Munitions treatment by acid digestion

摘要

A method of treatment and disposal of i) a munition containing a chemical agent, or ii) a container used for the storage or transport of such chemical agents, which munition or container has a metallic casing, which method comprises the steps of; placing the munition or container in a reaction vessel and immersing the casing in a highly corrosive fluid thereby dissolving at least a portion of the metallic casing in the highly corrosive fluid without electrochemical dissolution by means of an impressed electrical current; producing a liquor containing the highly corrosive fluid, the dissolved portion of the casing, and any chemical agent contained in the casing, in either a dissolved or undissolved state; treating the liquor so as to place the liquor in a condition for recovery or disposal; recovering or disposing of the liquor.