Simulated rainfall-driven dissolution of TNT, Tritonal, Comp B and Octol particles

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1074-1081

  Taylor, Susan ^a   Lever, James H ^a   Fadden, Jennifer ^a   Perron, Nancy ^a   Packer, Bonnie ^b  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comp B; Dissolution model; High explosives; Laboratory drip tests; TNT

Indexed keywords

COMP B; DISSOLUTION MODEL; DISSOLUTION TIME; DRIP RATES; DRIPPED WATERS; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LIVE FIRES; MILITARY TRAININGS; MILLIMETER-SIZED PARTICLES; PARTICLE COMPOSITIONS; PARTICLE MASS; RAINFALL RATES; SIMULATED RAINFALLS; SURFACE SOILS; TIME-SERIES; TNT;

DETONATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATION; SOILS; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

DISSOLUTION;

COMP B; EXPLOSIVE; OCTOL; RAIN; TRINITROTOLUENE; TRITONAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSOLUTION; EXPLOSIVE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LABORATORY METHOD; MILITARY LAND; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; SIMULATION; SURFACE SOIL;

ALUMINUM; AZOCINES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; RAIN; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZINES; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 65049087726     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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