Effect of adsorption to elemental iron on the transformation of 2, 4, 6??trinitrotoluene and hexahydro??1, 3, 5??trinitro??1, 3, 5??triazine in solution

SY Oh, DK Cha, BJ Kim, PC Chiu

Index: Oh, Seok-Young; Cha, Daniel K.; Kim, Byung J.; Chiu, Pei C. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2002 , vol. 21, # 7 p. 1384 - 1389

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Abstract The effect of adsorption to elemental iron on the reductive transformation of 2, 4, 6- trinitrotoluene (TNT) and hexahydro-1, 3, 5-trinitro-1, 3, 5-triazine (royal demolition explosive [RDX]) in aqueous solution was studied with scrap iron and high-purity iron. In batch experiments with the same total iron surface area and a mixing rate of 100 rpm, TNT and RDX were removed from the solution within 30 min. With high-purity iron, adsorbed TNT ...