TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental relevance of CL-20
T2 - Preliminary findings
AU - Koutsospyros, A.
AU - Christodoulatos, C.
AU - Panikov, N.
AU - Malcheva, O.
AU - Karakaya, P.
AU - Nicolich, S.
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - CL-20 is a recently synthesized component of energetic propellant formulations. Although energetic aspects of CL-20 have attracted considerable attention, its environmental behavior is unknown. A multi-disciplinary study covering a variety of fate, transport, and toxicity issues of CL-20 is currently under way in the Center for Environmental Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Preliminary results on water solubility, biodegradability, hydrolytic reactivity, thermal decomposition and soil microbial and plant toxicity are reported in this article.
AB - CL-20 is a recently synthesized component of energetic propellant formulations. Although energetic aspects of CL-20 have attracted considerable attention, its environmental behavior is unknown. A multi-disciplinary study covering a variety of fate, transport, and toxicity issues of CL-20 is currently under way in the Center for Environmental Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Preliminary results on water solubility, biodegradability, hydrolytic reactivity, thermal decomposition and soil microbial and plant toxicity are reported in this article.
KW - Biodegradation
KW - CL-20
KW - Fate and transport
KW - Microbial toxicity
KW - Nitramine
KW - Plant toxicity
KW - Solubility
KW - Thermal decomposition
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U2 - 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000044818.76609.e9
DO - 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000044818.76609.e9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:5644251933
SN - 1567-7230
VL - 4
SP - 459
EP - 470
JO - Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus
JF - Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus
IS - 4-5
ER -