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Guide for Characterization of Sites Contaminated with Energetic Materials
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this report. However, a reader interested in this information is referred to the
following documents: Headquarters U.S. Army Armament test series (1992a,
1992b) and a U.S. Air Force study (1994) that report the analysis of gaseous
emissions produced by the detonation of large stockpiles of ammunition. Closed-
vessel experiments demonstrate that gaseous emissions were almost completely
composed of nontoxic gases. However, further research is needed to establish if
the detonation of ammunition in OD operations can result in toxic emissions or
lead to the dispersion of toxic levels of heavy metal particulates into the
environment.
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