Desorption of nitramine and nitroaromatic explosive residues from soils detonated under controlled conditions

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-353

  Douglas, Thomas A ^a   Walsh, Marianne E ^b   McGrath, Christian J ^c   Weiss, Charles A ^c   Jaramillo, Ashley Marie ^a,d   Trainor, Thomas P ^d  

^a US Army Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive residues; HMX; RDX; TNT

Indexed keywords

COMMONLY USED; COMPOSITION-B; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DINITROTOLUENES; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATION; EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS; EXPLOSIVE RESIDUES; FIRST-ORDER; HETEROGENEOUS INTERACTIONS; MILITARY EXPLOSIVES; NITRAMINES; NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVES; RDX; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL SURFACES; STEADY STATE; SURFACE AREA; TNT; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; TRINITROBENZENE; ULTRA-PURE WATER;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BOMBING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; DETONATION; DISSOLUTION; NITRATION; SINTERING; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

2 AMINO 4,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 4 AMINO 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; KETOCONAZOLE; OCTAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5,7 TETRAZOCINE; TRINITROBENZENE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPLOSIVE; GAS EXCHANGE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL SURFACE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRANSFORMATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GAS EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER SAMPLING;

ADSORPTION; AZOCINES; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; SOIL; TRIAZINES; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EID: 78651358532     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.383     Document Type: Article

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