| Content Provider |
World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
| Author |
Aurell, Johanna Gullett, Brian K. Mitchell, William Kemme, Michael R. Tabor, Dennis Williams, Ryan K. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah |
| Description |
Author Affiliation: Aurell J ( National Research Council Post Doctoral Fellow to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. Electronic address: aurell.johanna@epa.gov.); Gullett BK ( U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. Electronic address: gullett.brian@epa.gov.); Tabor D ( U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. Electronic address: tabor.dennis@epa.gov.); Williams RK ( U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Munitions Command, Logistics Integration Directorate, Engineering and Demil Technology Office, AMSJM-LIB-T, OK 74501, USA. Electronic address: ryan.k.williams.civ@mail.mil.); Mitchell W ( William Mitchell, Bill Mitchell & Associates, LLC, 5621 Pelham Rd., Durham, NC 27713, USA. Electronic address: mitcbill@gmail.com.); Kemme MR ( U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Attn: CEERD-CN-E, PO Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826-9005, USA. Electronic address: michael.r.kemme@usace.army.mil.) |
| Abstract |
Emissions from open detonation (OD), open burning (OB), and static firing (SF) of obsolete military munitions were collected using an aerostat-lofted sampling instrument maneuvered into the plumes with remotely controlled tether winches. PM2.5, PM10, metals, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), energetics, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were characterized from 121 trials of three different munitions (Composition B (hereafter, 'Comp B'), V453, V548), 152 trials of five different propellants (M31A1E1, M26, SPCF, Arc 451, 452A), and 12 trials with static firing of ammonium perchlorate-containing Sparrow rocket motors. Sampling was conducted with operational charge sizes and under open area conditions to determine emission levels representative of actual disposal practices. The successful application of the tethered aerostat and sampling instruments demonstrated the ability to sample for and determine the first ever emission factors for static firing of rocket motors and buried and metal-cased OD, as well as the first measurements of PM2.5 for OB and for surface OD. |
| ISSN |
03043894 |
| Volume Number |
284 |
| e-ISSN |
18733336 |
| Journal |
Journal of Hazardous Materials |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
Elsevier |
| Publisher Date |
2015-03-02 |
| Publisher Place |
Netherlands |
| Access Restriction |
One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword |
Air Pollution Explosions Fires Soil Pollutants Analysis Weapons Air Pollutants Environmental Monitoring Instrumentation Environmental Pollutants Metals Chemistry Military Personnel Particulate Matter Soil Utah Volatile Organic Compounds Journal Article Research Support, U.s. Gov't, Non-p.h.s. Discipline Environmental Science Discipline Environmental Chemistry |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
| Subject |
Environmental Chemistry Pollution Waste Management and Disposal Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Environmental Engineering |
