Subsampling Variance for 2,4-DNT in Firing Point Soils

Autor: Charles A. Ramsey, Charles M. Collins, K. Bjella, Alan D. Hewitt, Marianne E. Walsh, Susan Taylor
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal. 16:459-472
ISSN: 1549-7887
1532-0383
Popis: At 105-mm howitzer firing points, 2,4-DNT is detectable in the surface soils, but field sampling and laboratory subsampling uncertainty can be large during quantitation. The 2,4-DNT is in particulate form, within fibers or slivers of the nitrocellulose-based propellant. The slender fibers range up to 7.5 mm in length with masses of several 100 μ g. Size fractionation of a firing point soil revealed that most of the 2,4-DNT was in the 0.595- to 2.00-mm size range, although the bulk of the soil was less than 0.6 mm prior to grinding. Machine grinding for five minutes was needed to pulverize the propellant fibers sufficiently so that estimates of 2,4-DNT were reproducible in replicate analytical subsamples. To determine 2,4-DNT, we have adopted the practice of grinding firing point soils for five one-minute intervals, with time for heat dissipation between grinds, prior to obtaining individual or replicate 10-g subsamples.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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