Mammalian Toxicological Evaluation of Wastewaters Resulting from the Manufacture of Primers.
Abstract
Chemical characterization and animal toxicity studies on five desensitized primers, four wastewaters from primer production and one desensitization 'blank' were performed. High pressure liquid chromatography was most useful in characterizing the organic compounds present in the various samples. The original organic compounds were present in trace quantities or entirely absent from desensitized pure tetrazene, desensitized pure lead styphnate, desensitized pure trinitroresorcinol, tetrazene wastewater, primer mixture FA 956 wastewater, lead styphnate wastewater and trinitroresorcinol wastewater. Some PETN remained in the desensitized pure PETN and the desensitized primer mixture FA 956. Lead was found, as expected, in the precipitates from desensitized lead styphanate, desensitized primer mixture FA 956 and their wastewaters. Similarly, antimony was found in the precipitates from the desensitized primer mixture FA 956 and its wastewater.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 17, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA034890
Entities
People
- Danny O. Helton
- Harry V. Ellis Iii.
Organizations
- MRIGlobal