AN EXPLORATORY APPROACH TO MODELING EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND PERSISTENCE AND FLUX USING DISSOLUTION KINETICS

BRANNON J. M. / HATFIELD K. / LYNCH J. C. / et al. - ARTICLE DE PERIODIQUE - 2003

The persistence of explosives (TNT, HMX) in water because of dissolution is predicted. Three modelling approaches are used to find the resultant concentrations of explosives in water. The selection of dissolution model and rate greatly affect not only the predicted persistence of explosive compound sources but also their resulting concentrations in solution. Risk assessment, remediation and predicted fate and transport are appropriately presented and interpreted.