Fate of CL-20 in sandy soils: Degradation products as potential markers of natural attenuation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-85

  Monteil Rivera, Fanny ^a   Halasz, Annamaria ^a   Manno, Dominic ^a   Kuperman, Roman G ^b   Thiboutot, Sonia ^c   Ampleman, Guy ^c   Hawari, Jalal ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic degradation; Biotic degradation; CL 20; Degradation products; Natural attenuation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; EXPLOSIVES; HYDROLYSIS; NITRATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SAND; SOILS;

ABIOTIC DEGRADATION; BIOTIC DEGRADATION; CL-20; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; NATURAL ATTENUATION;

DEGRADATION;

EXPLOSIVE; HEXANITROHEXAAZAISOWURTZITANE; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID SOIL; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXPLOSIVE; HYDROLYSIS; SANDY SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ACIDITY;

AZA COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 56449089245     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.07.030     Document Type: Article

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