Reduction of octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine by zerovalent iron: Product distribution

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9725-9731

  Monteil Rivera, Fanny ^a   Paquet, Louise ^a   Halasz, Annamaria ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^b   Hawari, Jalal ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; AMINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPLOSIVES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

ENERGETIC CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; RDX (HEXAHYDRO-1,3,5-TRINITRO-1,3,5-TRIAZINE); ZEROVALENT IRON (ZVI);

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; CYCLONITE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDRAZINE; IRON; METHYLENEDINITRAMINE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OCTAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5,7 TETRAZOCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEGRADATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; AZOCINES; FORMALDEHYDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 1-RING; HYDRAZINES; IRON; ISOMERISM; NITROBENZENES; NITROUS OXIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29244431647     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051315n     Document Type: Article

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