RT Journal Article ID 49b8ff8937faa264 A1 Teipel, Ulrich A1 Krause, Horst T1 PROCESSING OF TRINITROTOLUENE-WATER EMULSIONS FOR RECYCLING JF International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion JO IJEMCP YR 1997 FD 1997-01-01 VO 4 IS 1-6 SP 205 OP 212 AB When disposing of trinitrotoluene (TNT), the TNT-melt must be pretreated. One possibility is to emulsify the melt in water after the TNT has been dismantled from the explosive charge. Production of these emulsions can be accomplished using emulsifying machines based on the rotor-stator principle, e.g., ring gear dispersion machines or colloid mills. Droplet size reduction results from the normal and tangential stresses applied to the droplet as it is subjected to laminar or turbulent flow fields. Knowledge of the droplet size and droplet size distribution of the dispersed phase is important to determine the quality of an emulsion and the emulsification process. In this paper, results from the discontinuous production of TNT-water emulsions are presented. In addition, the use of laser diffraction spectrometry for analyzing TNT droplet size is described. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/17bbb47e377ce023,43cb1df7484a24f3,49b8ff8937faa264.html