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SUPERFUND TREATABILITY CLEARINGHOUSE: COMPOSITING OF EXPLOSIVES
Citation:
U.S. EPA. SUPERFUND TREATABILITY CLEARINGHOUSE: COMPOSITING OF EXPLOSIVES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/540/2-89/008, 1989.
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This treatability study was conducted by Atlantic Research Corporation for the U.S. Army Toxic and Hazardous Material Agency. The objective of this bench-scale study was to determine the extent to which TNT and RDX concentrations were reduced by composting for a six week period. A second objective was to determine if bench-scale composting studies accurately simulate the activity of larger composts by comparison of parallel studies monitoring TNT and RDX reductions in laboratory studies (50g dry weight) and pilot-scale greenhouse composts (10kg dry weight). A final objective of the study was to determine the leachability of TNT and RDX from the compost.