Specific Air Pollutants from Munitions Processing and Their Atmospheric Behavior. Volume 4. Open Burning and Incineration of Waste Munitions.

摘要

This work is directed toward better definition of the specific air pollutants generated from the production of RDX and TNT, together with their attendant raw material manufacture and recovery processes, and the incineration of offgrade and used materials. Plant visits were made to discuss operations and acquire available data. These data, together with survey reports by the USAEHA and technology reports from the arsenals, were used to develop a statement-of-knowledge emissions inventory projected to 'mobilization' production rates. Individual emission sources were characterized to the extent possible. The considerable data gaps were identified and flagged for further investigation. A methodology was applied to develop estimates of concentrations of the various compounds that might arise in the air over the plant. The chemical and toxicological characteristics of known emitted compounds were used and their relevant chemical reactivity under photochemical and at ground state was reviewed by literature search. The various possible transformation processes were catalogued. Data gaps were indicated.