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2. REPORT TYPE
1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)
3. DATES COVERED (From - To)
Interim report
September 2001
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
5a. CONTRACT NUMBER
Distribution and Fate of Energetics on DoD Test and Training Ranges: Interim
5b. GRANT NUMBER
Report 1
5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER
6. AUTHOR(S)
5d. PROJECT NUMBER
Judith C. Pennington, Thomas F. Jenkins, James M. Brannon, Jason Lynch,
5e. TASK NUMBER
Thomas A. Ranney, Thomas E. Berry, Jr., Charolett A. Hayes, Paul H. Miyares,
Marianne E. Walsh, Alan D. Hewitt, Nancy Perron, and Joseph J. Delfino
5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT
NUMBER
See reverse.
ERDC TR-01-13
10. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S)
9. SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, DC 20314-1000
11. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT
NUMBER(S)
12. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
14. ABSTRACT
The current state of knowledge concerning the nature and extent of residual explosives contamination on military testing and firing
ranges is inadequate to ensure management of these facilities as sustainable resources. The objective of this project is to develop
techniques for assessing the potential for environmental impacts from energetic materials on testing and training ranges; methods for
defining the physical and chemical properties, concentration, and distribution of energetics and residuals of energetics in soils; and the
potential for transport of these materials to groundwater. The approach includes characterization of postblast residues from various
heavy artillery munitions and from hand grenades by sampling surface soils in craters from both high- and low-order detonations.
Residues from specific munitions will also be determined by sampling soot deposited on snow by the blast. Where possible,
groundwater and surface water associated with the ranges will also be sampled. In addition to range characterization, the study will also
generate soil transport parameters for explosives and explosives breakdown products for which such data are lacking. Transport
parameters of interest include dissolution kinetics, soil/water partitioning coefficients, and transformation/degradation rates.
(Continued)
Explosives
RDX
Training ranges
15. SUBJECT TERMS
Detonation residues
HMX
Test ranges
Transformation rates
Partition coefficients
TNT
Dinitrotoluene
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