Crucial problem in rapid spectrophotometric determination of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and its breakthrough method.
A rapid spectrophotometric determination for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is significant because this method is suitable for simultaneous analyses of the numerous samples. We found one problem that TNT reduction products interfere with the TNT detection in this assay, and we overcame this problem by heating the samples at 95 degrees C, resulting in the production of compounds that did not interfere.
Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan.
Toshinari
T
Maeda
Akira
A
Kubota
Nobuaki
N
Nagafuchi
Kiwao
K
Kadokami
Hiroaki I
HI
Ogawa
D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods*; D014303:Trinitrotoluene / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014303:Trinitrotoluene