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The prospects for using laser beam technologies for disposal of chemical munnition are considered within the framework of works on the destruction of chemical weapons. A single-stage technology of destruction of the subelements of chemical munnition in molten aluminum inside a furnace-armored chamber is described. The rate and the thermochemical processes proceeding during the thermal decomposition of the components of an munnition subelement are analyzed in detail and the yield of secondary harmful substances is calculated. All sources of the secondary harmful substances formed during the thermal treatment of the cases of air chemical munnition are revealed. The chemical composition of the medium inside the heat chamber during treatment of cases of various types of munnition is calculated. The requirements for the purification system of waste gases are determined on the basis of a detailed analysis of all nomenclature of the cases to be treated.
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Koren’kov, V.V., Kulagin, Y.A., Tokmakov, A.V. et al. Specific Features of Thermochemical and Rate Processes on Destruction of Chemical Munnition. J Russ Laser Res 26, 328–345 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-005-0026-0
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