Analysis of Explosives in Water by Capillary Gas Chromatography

Nitroaromatic Munition Compounds: Environmental Effects and Screening Values

“…Based on these studies, the hydrolysis half-life was estimated at 302 d at 20 °C and pH 6.8. In another study, samples of tetryl stored at ambient temperature in the laboratory and protected from light were stable for 33 d at pH ~ but were degraded by approximately 50% within 1 d at pH 10.3 (Belkin et al 1985). In seawater at pH 8, 88% of tetryl hydrolyzed after 101 d, yielding picric acid as a hydrolysis product; the associated half-life was approximately 33 d (Hoffsommer and Rosen 1973 ).…”

Fast Gas Chromatography of Explosive Compounds Using a Pulsed‐Discharge Electron Capture Detector*

“…Separation times using conventional or wide-bore capillary columns reported for mixtures of explosives including nitrate esters, nitroaromatics, and RDX vary between 3.5 and 20 min depending on the application, number of components, instrumental conditions, and type of stationary phase used (3,(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). Shortening the separation step by utilizing fast GC separations would enable more samples to be analyzed in a set time.…”

An evaluation of the environmental fate and behavior of munitions material (TNT, RDX) in soil and plant systems: Environmental fate and behavior of RDX

“…This monitoring and the current requirements to monitor drinking water sources for TNT, 2,4-DNT and 2,6-DNT (Belkin et al, 1985) establish the range of chemical species that would be of initial concern for understanding the environmental fate and behavior of munitions-based contaminants in soil and plant systems.…”