Treatment of hydrolysates of the high explosives hexahydro-1,3,5- trinitro-1,3,5-triazine and octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine using biological denitrification

Water Environment Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-155

  Zoh, Kyung Duk ^a   Daniels, Jeffrey I ^b   Knezovich, John P ^b   Stenstrom, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate; Biological denitrification; Formaldehyde; Formate; Hexahydro 1,3,5 trinitro 1,3,5 triazine (RDX); Hydrolysate (hydrolysis byproducts); Nitrate; Nitrite; Octahydro 1,3,5,7 tetranitro 1,3,5,7 tetrazocine (HMX)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXPLOSIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ACETATE; FORMATE; HYDROLYSATES;

DENITRIFICATION;

CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033103712     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143099x121490     Document Type: Article

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