Development of a biodegradable ethylene glycol dinitrate-based explosive

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 125-130

  Dario, Andrea ^a   Schroeder, Marc ^a   Nyanhongo, Gibson S ^a   Englmayer, Gregor ^b   Guebitz, Georg M ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b AUSTIN POWDER GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Ethylene glycol dinitrate; Toxicity test

Indexed keywords

AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLUMINESCENT BACTERIA; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DETONATION VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE; ISOLATED STRAINS; LIMITING CONDITION; RAPID DEGRADATION; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SUBTILIS; TOXICITY TEST; UV-VIS SPECTROMETER; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WOOD FLOUR;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; DETONATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NITRATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DEGRADATION;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE; EXPLOSIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; EXPLOSIVE; NITRITE; TOXICITY TEST;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; NITRITES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AEROBIC PROCESS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NITRATION; POLLUTION; SOIL; SPECTROMETERS; TOXICITY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 74449090870     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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