Phytoremediation is an established technology for the treatment of explosives in water and soil. This study investigated the possibility of using slurried plants (or phytoslurries) to treat explosives (TNT and RDX). The degradation of TNT in solution using intact and slurried parrotfeather (Myriophyllum aquaticum), spinach (Spinicia oleracea), and mustard greens (Brassica juncea) was evaluated. Phytoslurries of parrotfeather and spinach removed the TNT faster than the intact plant. Conversely, the removal rate constants for slurried and intact mustard greens were about the same. A study using pressurized heating to destroy enzymatic activity in the phytoslurries was also conducted to compare removal from released plant chemicals to adsorptive removal. Aqueous phase removal of TNT by autoclaved spinach phytoslurry was compared with nonautoclaved spinach phytoslurry. The autoclaved phytoslurry did remove TNT, but not as completely as nonautoclaved slurry. This suggests that some removal is due to adsorption, but not all. Phytoslurries of mustard greens and parrotfeather had higher RDX removal rates compared with intact plant removal, but the rates for parrotfeather in either case were relatively low. Phytoslurries of spinach had relatively modest increases in RDX removal rates compared with intact plant. Studies were then conducted with phytoslurry/soil mixtures at two scales: 60 ml and 1.5 l. In both cases, phytoslurries of mustard greens and spinach removed TNT and RDX at higher levels than control slurries.
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