N-15 NMR study of the immobilization of 2,4- and 2,6-dinitrotoluene in aerobic compost

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2542-2550

  Thorn, Kevin A ^a   Pennington, Judith C ^b   Kennedy, Kay R ^a   Cox, Larry G ^a   Hayes, Charolett A ^c   Porter, Beth E ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c DynTel Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

COVALENT BINDING; MONOAMINES;

TOLUENE;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; AMINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DIOXYGENASE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HUMIC ACID; METHANOL; MONOAMINE; NITRITE; ORGANIC MATTER; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TOLUENE;

COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; COMPOST; COVALENT BOND; DEGRADATION; LABORATORY; LIQUID; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; SOIL; SOLID STATE;

AEROBIOSIS; DINITROBENZENES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 41649110310     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0720659     Document Type: Article

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