Desorption and transformation of nitroaromatic (TNT) and nitramine (RDX and HMX) explosive residues on detonated pure mineral phases

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2189-2200

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

^a US ARMY ENGINEER 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 UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive residues; RDX; Soil Contamination; TNT

Indexed keywords

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; ANALYTE LOSS; AQUEOUS SAMPLES; AQUEOUS SLURRIES; BEIDELLITE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMPOSITION-B; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DETONATION RESIDUE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS; EXPLOSIVE RESIDUES; MILITARY TRAINING; MINERAL PHASIS; MINERAL SUBSTRATES; MUSCOVITE MICA; NITRAMINES; NONTRONITES; PHLOGOPITE MICA; PHYLLOSILICATE; RDX; SMECTITE CLAYS; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; TNT; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; VERMICULITE CLAY;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; DEIONIZED WATER; DESORPTION; GAS ADSORPTION; MICA; QUARTZ; SINTERING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EXPLOSIVES;

BEIDELLITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CYCLONITE; DEIONIZED WATER; MICROCLINE FELDSPAR; MINERAL; MUSCOVITE MICA; NONTRONITE; PHLOGOPITE MICA; PRISTINE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERMICULITE; WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DESORPTION; EXPLOSIVE; MINERALOGY; PHYLLOSILICATE; SLURRY; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSFORMATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BOMB; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; MINERALOGY; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRAINING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84862182367     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1015-2     Document Type: Article

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