Field screening results using the D TECH{trademark} immunoassay based field screening system for the detection of RDX and TNT in soil and water

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:49390

Teaney, G B; Hudak, R T; Melby, J M ^[1]

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1. Strategic Diagnostics Industries Inc., Newark, DE (United States)

The secondary military explosives, trinitrotoluene (TNT) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) are commonly found in soils and ground water at munitions load and pack operations, and demilitarization facilities. RDX is very mobile in soils, and is often used to indicate the leading edge of an explosives plume, where as the rate of migration of TNT in the soil is far less. The development of the D TECH field screening methods for RDX and TNT in both soil and ground water have been designed to greatly benefit the explosives remediation effort. The use of these inexpensive field screening methods will reduce the total cost and improve the efficiency of site surveys and remediation projects. Field screening techniques can also circumvent the long turnaround time of laboratory analysis by providing reliable on site results. The portable RDX and TNT enzyme immunoassays (EIA) are quick, cost effective, highly specific, and user friendly. The application of these tests in the field has been demonstrated at several sites across the United States. Results from larger field studies have shown these tests to be accurate as well as cost and time effective.

• OSTI ID: 49390
• Report Number(s): CONF-941189--; ISBN 1-56590-016-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
FIELD TESTS
GROUND WATER
IMMUNOASSAY
LAND POLLUTION
MEASURING METHODS
MILITARY FACILITIES
NITRO COMPOUNDS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
WATER POLLUTION