Environmental Transport and Fate Process Descriptors for Propellant Compounds

Abstract

Sustainable management of Army training ranges requires quantification of the distribution, transport, and fate of munitions constituents (propellants and explosives) in soil, surface and groundwater. Propellant formulations are mixtures consisting of energetic compounds, binders, stabilizers, and burning-rate modifiers. Factors that affect the transport and fate of these diverse compounds include dissolution, sorption, biotransformation, volatilization, and photochemical transformation. This report summarizes the current understanding of these processes, and provides process descriptors for propellant compounds. Results of leaching experiments on representative single-base, double-base, and triple-base propellant mixtures also are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA450743

Entities

People

  • Beth Porter
  • Charles A. Weiss
  • June E. Mirecki

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Liquid Explosives
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Nitroglycerin
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Triple Base Propellants

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Rocket Propulsion.