NSWC/WOL/TR 75-3 5 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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I . INTRODUCTION 5 



1.1 BACKGROUND 5 



1.2 OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE 6 



1.3 WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM 6 



II. EXPLOSION PRODUCTS 7 



2.1 PHYSICAL FORMS 7 



2.1.1 Gases 7 



2.1.2 Suspended Solids 9 



2.1.3 Sediment 9 



2.1.4 Dissolved Constituents 9 



2.2 CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS 10 



2.2.1 Dissolved Gases 10 



2.2.2 Suspended Solids 10 

 2.3.2 Sediment 13 

 2.4.2 Dissolved Constituents 13 



III. SAMPLING AND PRESERVATION 13 



3 . 1 WATER SAMPLING 13 



3.1.1 General Concepts of Water Sampling 13 



3.1.2 Sampling Techniques 15 



3.1.3 Samplers 17 



3.1.4 Filtration of Water Samples 22 



3.1.5 Storage of Water Samples 23 



3.2 SEDIMENT SAMPLING 2 5 



3.2.1 General Concepts of Sediment Sampling 25 



3.2.2 Sampling Techniques 27 



3.2.3 Samplers 28 



3.2.4 Storage of Sediment Samples 32 



IV. DETERMINATION OF EXPLOSION PRODUCTS 3 2 

 4.1 DESIGN OF MEASUREMENT SYSTEM 32 



4.1.1 Objective of Analysis 33 



