Engineering and Development Support of General Decon Technology for the U.S. Army's Installation Restoration Program. Task 11. Composting of Explosives

Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to determine the extent to which TNT and RDX concentrations are reduced by composting under controlled conditions in the laboratory over a period of six weeks. A second objective was to determine if bench-scale composting studies accurately simulate the activity of a large-scale compost by comparison of parallel studies monitoring TNT and RDX disappearance in laboratory scale (50 g dry weight) and greenhouse (10 kg dry weight) composts. An additional objective was to determine the leachability of TNT or RDX from compost.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA119276

Entities

People

  • Jenefir D. Isbister
  • Judith F. Kitchens
  • Richard C. Doyle

Organizations

  • ARCO

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Chlorides
  • Chromatographs
  • Chromatography
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Explosives
  • Filter Paper
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Moisture Content
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Plastic Explosives

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design