An evaluation of the environmental fate and behavior of munitions material (TNT, RDX) in soil and plant systems: Environmental fate and behavior of RDX

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6409174· OSTI ID:6409174

Cataldo, D A; Harvey, S D; Fellows, R J

The objective of the present investigation was to elucidate the environmental behavior and fate of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5- triazine (RDX), particularly as related to its transport and chemical form in the food chain. To meet this goal, we needed to adapt and develop suitable analytical methodology to fractionate and characterize both RDX and RDX-derived residues in soil and plant matrices. Using the methodology that we developed, we assessed the chemical and physical fate of RDX in soils and plants. In general, the plant availability and plant mobility of RDX is substantially greater than that previously reported for TNT. 30 refs., 27 figs., 26 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOD
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6409174
• Report Number(s): PNL-7529; ON: DE91002480
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABSORPTION
BEAMS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY
BODY
CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS
CEREALS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
DOCUMENT TYPES
EXPLOSIVES
FOOD CHAINS
GRAMINEAE
HYDROPONIC CULTURE
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LABELLING
LEAVES
LEGUMINOSAE
LILIOPSIDA
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
NITRO COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASEOLUS
PLANT TISSUES
PLANTS
POLLUTION
PROGRESS REPORT
ROOT ABSORPTION
SEEDS
SOILS
TISSUES
TNT
UPTAKE
WHEAT