Conference on Disposal Characteristics of Selected Military Batteries Held at Cherry Hill, New Jersey 6-9 June 1994.
Abstract
Considerable work has been done to assess the disposal characteristics of CECOM procured military batteries under current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hazardous waste identification regulations, and State bioassay requirements. This paper presents test results for alkaline, carbon-zinc, magnesium, lithium-manganese dioxide, lithium-sulfur dioxide, and lithium-thionyl chloride batteries. Present findings indicate that: (1) lithium-thionyl chloride and magnesium batteries with greater than 50 percent remaining charge exceed the federal regulatory limit of 5.0 mg/L for chromium, (2) alkaline, carbon-zinc, lithium-manganese dioxide, and lithium-thionyl chloride batteries fail California bioassay toxicity requirements with 96-h LC0of less than 500 mg/L. Assay methods, findings, disposal requirements, an design implications are discussed. -BKA
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 06, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA289976
Entities
People
- Louis F. Soffer
Organizations
- United States Army Communications-Electronics Command