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Reactive aluminum

What Reactive aluminum is, and how we evaluate it with MuniRem®.

What it is

Fine aluminum powder is added to explosives (H-6, tritonal) and some energetic mixes to boost blast. Loose powder can react with water and ignite.

How MuniRem® treats it

MuniRem lists reactive aluminum among materials it treats. In its answers to us, MuniRem said that in its process the aluminum is passivated and forms aluminum sulfate (alum).

  1. MuniRem arrives as a dry powder. Crews mix it into contaminated soil or sludge, or dissolve it in water to spray, pour or soak surfaces.
  2. The reagent's sulfur chemistry passivates the aluminum surface.
  3. The aluminum ends up as aluminum sulfate (alum).
  4. An EPA-certified laboratory tests the treated material before any disposal decision.
This material is evaluated case by case with a treatability study before any full-scale work.

What it becomes

Aluminum sulfate (alum).

Diagram: Reactive aluminum, MuniRem® treatment, Aluminum sulfate (alum).

Where it's found

Aluminized explosive residues on equipment and in sludge.

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