Role of soil organic carbon and colloids in sorption and transport of TNT, RDX and HMX in training range soils

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 993-1000

  Sharma, Prasesh ^a   Mayes, Melanie A ^a   Tang, Guoping ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids; Column experiments; Explosives; Operational training range; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; COLLOIDS; EFFLUENTS; EXPLOSIVES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; SOLS; SORPTION;

COLLOIDAL FRACTIONS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; OPERATIONAL TRAINING; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SORPTION EXPERIMENTS; TRANSPORT EXPERIMENTS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

2,4,6 TRINITROTOULENE; AROMATIC AMINE; HEXAHYDRO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; OCTAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5,7 TETRAZOCINE; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLAY; COLLOID; EXPLOSIVE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; COLLOID; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISOTHERM; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880037817     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.028     Document Type: Article

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