Chemical characterization and toxicological evaluation of airborne mixtures: Smoke generation and characterization: Part 2, Colored smoke grenades
The purpose of this project is to chemically characterize the chemical constituents of four colored signal smokes to assess whether chemical constituents of four colored signal smokes to assess whether chemical transformations occur upon combustion of these materials as smoke grenades. These studies center on the characterization of the major components in the four original dye mixes, the generation and collection of both the volatile and particulate components of the combusted dye smokes, and the characterization of the major components of the combusted dyes. The four smoke grenades, red, yellow, violet and green, are composed of organic dyes, and inorganic components. The red dye is a mixture of Solvent Red 1 and Disperse Red 11. The violet dye is Disperse Red 11 and Disperse Blue 3. The yellow dye is Chinoline Yellow (Solvent Yellow 33) and the green dye contains Solvent Green 3 and Chinoline Yellow. Samples of the actual dye mixes used in the manufacture of the grenades were fractionated and the major components identified. Spectroscopic techniques were used to characterize these compounds, including nuclear magnetic resonance (both /sup 1/H and /sup 13/C), infrared and mass spectrometry. Studies have been initiated on the combustion of the colored smoke grenades, and results on the combusted dyes are presented.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 6094500
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8709129-4-Vugraphs; ON: DE87013875
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: USABRDL contractor's review meeting, Frederick, MD, USA, 15 Sep 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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