The Chemical Characterization of Pollutants in Waste Water from Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant.
Abstract
This report describes a characterization study of pollutants in waste water generated in manufacture of TNT (Trinitrotoluene) at Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant in Tennessee. The major portion of the study was devoted to separation and identification of dissolved species and estimation of the concentrations of identified components. Inorganic pollutants were identified and estimated by spark source mass spectrometry and conventional wet chemical techniques. Organic pollutants were extracted from the waste waters with methylene chloride and the extracts were characterized by means of classified and multi-development thin-layer chromatography, gas chromatography, infrared spectrophotometry, mass spectrometry, and tandem gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The waste waters were shown to be exceedingly complex mixtures of nitroaromatic compounds derived from the TNT manufacturing process and heavy metal ions leached from the stainless steel reaction vessels. The concentration levels of many of the inorganic pollutants in the waste waters discharged into public waters exceed the concentrations permitted by federal and state environmental pollution standards.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA105705
Entities
People
- C. Campbell
- C. Ribaudo
- S. Bulusu
- Tianyue Chen
- W. Fisco
Organizations
- United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center