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HERO ID
1470859
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Products from the Detonation of Trinitrotoluene and Some Other Navy Explosives in Air and Nitrogen. II. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Author(s)
Johnson, JH; Erickson, ED; Smith, SR; Knight, DJ; Fine, DA; Heller, CA
Year
1988
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Journal of Hazardous Materials
ISSN:
0304-3894
EISSN:
1873-3336
Report Number
NIOSH/00180739
Volume
18
Issue
2
Page Numbers
161-170
Language
English
Abstract
The nature and quantities of products produced by the underwater and surface level detonations of a number of typical United States Navy explosive agents were examined, with emphasis on those products of high molecular weight, especially polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The explosive compounds studied included cast and pressed TNT, case PBXN-102, C4, H-6, Composition-B, and pentolite. The major polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons common to most samples included naphthalene (91203), methyl-naphthalene (1321944), and pyrene (129000) and its isomers, plus phenyl-isocyanide (103719), dinitrotoluene (25321146), and trinitrotoluene (118967). The higher molecular weight post detonation products were adsorbed on particulate matter and these were rapidly diffused from or expelled from the detonation chamber. Neither air nor nitrogen atmosphere detonations produced quantities of polycyclic aromatic compounds that could be considered a health hazard. Only very small amounts of polycyclic aromatic compounds were produced in the detonations and these pose no hazard to the environment. Nonreproducible concentrations and varieties of species of phthalate esters were produced in all detonation samples but the authors have no explanation for this finding.
Keywords
DCN-169253
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Combustion products
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Explosives
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Military personnel
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Airborne particles
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
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Phthalates
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Organo nitrogen compounds
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Polycyclic hydrocarbons
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