Conference on Disposal Characteristics of Selected Military Batteries Held atCherry Hill, New Jersey 6-9 June 1994

摘要

Considerable work has been done to assess the disposal characteristics of CECOMprocured military batteries under current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hazardous waste identification regulations, and State bioassay requirements. This paper presents test results for alkaline, carbon-zinc, magnesium, lithium-manganese dioxide, lithium-sulfur dioxide, and lithium-thionyl chloride batteries. Present findings indicate that: (1) lithium-thionyl chloride and magnesium batteries with greater than 50 percent remaining charge exceed the federal regulatory limit of 5.0 mg/L for chromium, (2) alkaline, carbon-zinc, lithium-manganese dioxide, and lithium-thionyl chloride batteries fail California bioassay toxicity requirements with 96-h LC0of less than 500 mg/L. Assay methods, findings, disposal requirements, an design implications are discussed. -BKA.