UXO Corrosion - Potential Contamination Source

Abstract

This report covers the results of a field and modeling evaluation of UXO corrosion, including: 1) a simple protocol for sampling UXO for corrosion and presence of energetic in soils; 2) a database in excess of 160 individual ordnance samples; 3) a UXO Corrosion Model (called UXO-Corr-Mod II) which provides estimates of time to failure of a given UXO thickness based on soil and environmental factors; and 4) a UXO energetic release and transport model developed to predict groundwater loading of explosives released from buried sources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA594301

Entities

People

  • Bonnie Packer
  • Lloyd Stewart
  • Michael Chendorain

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Energetic Materials
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Groundwater
  • High Explosives
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Unexploded Ammunition

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology