Abiotic transformation of high explosives by freshly precipitated iron minerals in aqueous FeII solutions

Chemosphere

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 865-872

  Boparai, Hardiljeet K ^a   Comfort, Steve D ^a   Satapanajaru, Tunlawit ^b   Szecsody, Jim E ^c   Grossl, Paul R ^d   Shea, Patrick J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Green rust; High explosives; HMX; Magnetite; RDX; TNT

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HMX; MAGNETITE; MINERALS; REACTION RATES;

ABIOTIC TRANSFORMATION; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GREEN RUST; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; RDX (HEXAHYDRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRINITRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRIAZINE); TNT (2 ,4 ,6TRINITROTOLUENE); TRANSFORMATION RATES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; IRON; MAGNETITE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPLOSIVE; IRON; MINERAL; PH; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PH; PRECIPITATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77951652341     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.02.037     Document Type: Article

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