The application of rice straw-derived biochar for removing nitro explosives, including 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT), 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX), from contaminated water was investigated through batch experiments. An increase in the pyrolysis temperature from 250 to 900°C in general led to higher pH, surface area, cation exchange capacity (CEC), po...

A multicomponent one-dimensional dynamic mathematical model for the reacting slurry systems with a change in gas flow rate due to the chemical reaction is developed. A change in gas flow rate caused by the chemical reaction is modeled using the overall gas mass balance. Thus, all relevant chemical species are included in the model. Linear first-order reaction kinetics is considered. The gas pha...

Events in recent years have led to an increased need for improvements in our abilities to detect explosives. In numerous situations, the capability to detect explosives sensitively, accurately, and rapidly could have great benefit to national security both at home and abroad. Some of the homeland situations that would benefit from improvements in explosives detection include screening passenger...

in the construction process of a plastic concrete cut-off wall, concreting is usually performed using the termie pipe method. in this method, concreting is performed from the lowest point in the excavated trench (containing the slurry) using a funnel and the pipe connected to it. the concrete poured in the funnel gradually settles in the panel through the termie pipe which is beneath the slurry...

Bioslurry phase reactor augmented with ETP microflora was studied for the degradation of pendimethalin contaminated soil. The effect of substrate concentration on the process performance was evaluated in the slurry phase reactor operated in sequence batch mode under anoxic-aerobic-anoxic microenvironment with a total cycle period of 120 h. The performance of augmented slurry phase system was fo...

Abstract In order to study the energy output characteristics of multi-component explosives mixed with aluminum powder and emulsified explosives, five groups containing different proportions were used for underwater explosion experiments overpressure tests in air. The experimental data show that when mass fraction increases from 0% 40%, shock wave 0.68 kJ·g -1 1.22 , which by 79.41%. Bubble incr...

Two approaches for using explosives to interrupt current flowing in solid conductors are described. One concept uses explosives to extrude the switch conductor into thin regions that fuse due to current in the switch. A preliminary scaling law is presented. The second approach employs dieiectric jets to sever current carrying conductors. A feasibility experiment and an improved design are descr...

Forensic identification of batches of homemade explosives (HME) poses a difficult analytical challenge. Differentiation among peroxide explosives is reported herein using a colorimetric sensor array and handheld scanner with a field-appropriate sampling protocol. Clear discrimination was demonstrated among twelve peroxide samples prepared from different reagents, with a classification accuracy ...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The slurry ice technology has shown profitable advantages when employed instead of traditional flake ice for the manufacture of chilled aquatic species. The present work is aimed at evaluating the effect of slurry ice as a preliminary treatment prior to frozen storage. For it, specimens of a small pelagic fatty fish species (sardine; Sardina pi...