Sorption of high explosives to water-dispersible clay: Influence of organic carbon, aluminosilicate clay, and extractable iron

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1458-1465

  Dontsova, Katerina M ^a,d   Hayes, Charolett ^a   Pennington, Judith C ^b,c   Porter, Beth ^a  

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

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

^c SpecPro Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ADSORPTION MECHANISM; DITHIONITE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FACILITATED TRANSPORT; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; MILITARY INSTALLATIONS; MINERAL SOILS; MOBILE PARTICLE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SOIL; PHYLLOSILICATE; REACTIVE FRACTION; WATER DISPERSIBLE;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINOSILICATES; CLAY MINERALS; IRON OXIDES; MINERALS; MINING; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

EXPLOSIVES;

CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; HYDROXIDE; IRON; IRON OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CLAY; HUMAN; ISOTHERM; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SOIL; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER DISPERSIBLE CLAY;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CARBON; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; IRON;

EID: 67650445564     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0183     Document Type: Article

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