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

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7098301· OSTI ID:7098301

Cataldo, D A; Harvey, S D; Fellows, R J; Bean, R M; McVeety, B D

The objective of these investigations was to elucidate the environmental behavior and fate of trinitrotoluene (TNT). Emphasis was placed on those chemical transformations occurring in soils and in plant tissues following uptake and on the probable impact of these chemical transformations on the food chain. Analytical methodology was developed to fractionate and characterize both TNT and TNT-derived residues in soil and plant matrices. The procedures developed in this program extend prior art, through the use of matrix-specific extraction and fractionation schemes followed by classical HPLC separations. Methods showed good recovery and reproducibility. 30 refs., 35 figs., 27 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOD
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 7098301
• Report Number(s): PNL-7370; ON: DE90012748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
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ORDNANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
TNT
ABSORPTION
CARBON DIOXIDE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
EXTRACTION
FOOD CHAINS
FRACTIONATION
LIQUID COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY
OXIDATION
PLANTS
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SOILS
SORPTION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
DOCUMENT TYPES
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIVES
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
NITRO COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
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