Investigating the fate of nitroaromatic (TNT) and nitramine (RDX and HMX) explosives in fractured and pristine soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2285-2294

  Douglas, Thomas A ^a   Walsh, Marianne E ^b   McGrath, Christian J ^c   Weiss Jr , Charles A ^d  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTE LOSS; AQUEOUS SLURRIES; DINITROTOLUENES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS; FINE-GRAINED PARTICLES; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MICROFRACTURING; MILITARY TRAINING; NITRAMINES; SOIL PARTICLES; SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

AMINATION; AMINES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DETONATION; GAS ADSORPTION; NITRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; CYCLONITE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

AZOCINES; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; SOIL; TRIAZINES; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER;

EID: 70350710308     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0477     Document Type: Article

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