Mammalian Toxicity of Munitions Compounds Identification of Waste Products from RDX and HMX Manufacture

Abstract

Wastewaters from the manufacture of octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3, 5,7-tetrazocine (HMX) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) contain HMX, RDX, hexahydro-1-acetyl-3,5-dinitro-1,3,5-triazine (TAX), octahydro-1- acetyl-3-5-7-trinitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (SEX), cyclohexanone, 2-(1- cyclohexenyl)-cyclohexanone, 2-cyclohexylidenecyclohexanone, 2- cyclohexylcyclohex-2-enone (tentative identification), 2- hydroxymethylcyclohexanone, spiro1oxocyclohexane-2,2'-3',4',5',6',7',8'- hexahydrobenzo (b) pyran. One process unrelated to the direct production of HMX and RDX produces dimethylnitrosamine in a concentration of about 500 ppm and has a flow rate of 43,000 gal/day. This process operates 2 to 3 times per year with a duration of about 1 week each time. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA074505

Entities

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  • Cheng-chun Lee
  • Danny O. Helton
  • Gail Rehagen
  • William Burton

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  • MRIGlobal

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amines
  • Ammunition
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Chlorides
  • Environmental Protection
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Mass Spectra
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials
  • Nitroso Compounds
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Rdx
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectroscopy

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  • Chemistry

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  • Analytical Chemistry