Abiotic transformation of TNT in montmorillonite and soil suspensions under reducing conditions

Chemosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1453-1462

  Brannon, James M ^a   Price, Cynthia B ^a   Hayes, Charolett ^b  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b AScI Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FERROUS ION; MONTMORILLONITE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ABIOTIC TRANSFORMATION; MONTMORILLONITE; SOIL SUSPENSION; TNT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; PH; REDUCTION; SOIL;

EID: 0032031468     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)10037-6     Document Type: Article

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