Role of black carbon electrical conductivity in mediating hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) transformation on carbon surfaces by sulfides

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7129-7136

  Xu, Wenqing ^a   Pignatello, Joseph J ^a,b   Mitch, William A ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SURFACE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEXAHYDRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRINITRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRIAZINE; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; NITRATED EXPLOSIVES; OZONE TREATMENT; RECENT RESEARCHES; WOOD SHAVINGS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; EXPLOSIVES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BLACK CARBON; CARBON; CYCLONITE; DOCUSATE CALCIUM; OZONE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLACK CARBON; CATALYSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CORRELATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PYROLYSIS; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELIMINATION REACTION; OXYGENATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; SOOT; SULFIDES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84880083288     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4012367     Document Type: Article

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