Use of pyrolysis GC/MS for predicting emission byproducts from the incineration of double-base propellant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4346-4351

  Cropek, Donald M ^a   Kemme, Patricia A ^a   Day, Jean M ^a   Cochran, Jack ^b,c  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c LECO CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYROLYTIC DEGRADATION;

DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROCELLULOSE; PROPELLANTS;

PYROLYSIS;

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PROPELLANT; PYROXYLIN;

PYROLYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PYROLYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COLLODION; FORECASTING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INCINERATION; NITROGLYCERIN; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

HESPERIS;

EID: 0037108256     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es020758d     Document Type: Article

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