Title

Modeling the reversible and resistant components of munition constituent adsorption and desorption on soils

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2486-3

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-22-2015

Publication Title

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Abstract

The reversible and resistant components of adsorption and desorption of munition constituents (MCs) on soils was studied to determine the environmental fate of these contaminants. The long-term desorption of MCs has applicability in formulating accurate risk assessments for operational military ranges. Batch experiments near 1:1 (w/v) soil-to-solution ratios reflecting field conditions using solutions containing mixtures of HMX, RDX, and nitroglycerine (NG) were conducted. The three soils used varied from 0.04 to 13.3 % organic matter. The experiment involved one adsorption step followed by four consecutive desorption steps. Adsorption times were 2, 5, 10, and 30 days. For each adsorption time, desorption times were carried out for 1, 12, 24 and 72 h and 30 days. The reversible/resistant component model was applied to the data. The model predicted the desorption concentrations of the MCs in the soil with root mean square errors of approximately 0.05 to 0.2 μg g soil . The extent of desorption hysteresis is not changed by the length of desorption time, irrespective of the initial adsorption time. -1

Volume

226

Issue

7

ISSN

00496979

Identifier

SCOPUS_ID:84934961436

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