RDX biodegradation column study: Extent of RDX mineralization and influence of temperature on rate of RDX biotransformation

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-323

  Wani, Altaf H ^a,c   Felt, Deborah R ^b   Davis, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

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

^c US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives; Groundwater; 14C RDX; In situ bioremediation; RDX; Reductive biotransformation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; REDOX REACTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AQUIFIERS; NEBRASKA ORDNANCE PLANT (NOP); RDX BIODEGRADATION; RDX MINERALIZATION;

BIODEGRADATION;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLONITE; GROUND WATER; NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; ELECTRON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 17444370184     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2005.22.310     Document Type: Article

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