Analysis of organic compounds in aqueous samples of former ammunition plants

K. Levsen; A. Preiss; E. Berger-Preiss

doi:10.1117/12.224120

9 October 1995 Analysis of organic compounds in aqueous samples of former ammunition plants

K. Levsen, A. Preiss, E. Berger-Preiss

Proceedings Volume 2504, Environmental Monitoring and Hazardous Waste Site Remediation; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.224120
Event: European Symposium on Optics for Environmental and Public Safety, 1995, Munich, Germany

Abstract

New approaches are presented for the extraction and analysis of explosives and related compounds in aqueous samples from former ammunition production sites. Quantitative extraction of nitroaromatics but also of the polar nitramines such as RDX and HMX is achieved by solid phase extraction with styrene-divinylbenzene polymers (Lichrolut EN). Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H-NMR) has been used to identify and quantify unknowns in ammunition waste water. Finally, automated multiple development (AMD) high performance thin layer chromatography was applied for the first time to the analysis of this compound class.

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K. Levsen, A. Preiss, and E. Berger-Preiss "Analysis of organic compounds in aqueous samples of former ammunition plants", Proc. SPIE 2504, Environmental Monitoring and Hazardous Waste Site Remediation, (9 October 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.224120

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