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Assessment of TRI Chemical Emisson Factors from Munitions by Real-Time Mass Spectrometric Air Monitoring


EMSL Project ID
2604

Abstract

This will be a component of a larger Battelle project involving application of six different measurement methods to identify and measure emission factors for a large number of Toxic Release Inventory chemicals emitted by munitions use on training ranges. The EMSL Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS) is currently being evaluated under a separate User Proposal (#2514) to select 5-8 TRI chemicals exhibiting high sensitivity (50 ppt or better). This proposal is meant to cover collaborative use of the instrument during three 2-week field campaigns at Aberdeen Test Center in Maryland. The target chemicals will be monitored in the emissions cloud from munitions activities utilizing high priority munitions on a test range. A detailed description of the project, technical approach, other measurement methods to be employed, and sampling strategy are included in an attachment (Sampling Plan for Point of Impact Campaign

Project Details

Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
2002-09-01
End Date
2005-09-04
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Chester Spicer
Institution
Battelle Columbus

Team Members

Bertram Jobson
Institution
Washington State University

Rahul Zaveri
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Related Publications

Spicer CW, MW Holdren, KA Cowen, DW Joseph, JR Satola, BP Goodwin, H Mayfield, A Laskin, ML Alexander, JV Ortega, MK Newburn, RH Kagann, and RA Hashmonay. 2009. "Rapid Measurement of Emissions from Military Aircraft Turbine Engines by Downstream Extractive Sampling of Aircraft on the Ground: Results for C-130 and F-15 Aircraft." Atmospheric Environment 43(16):2612-2622. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.012