Sentences with phrase «tnt breakdown products»

While initial reports indicated that NESTT provides TNT vapor at approximately 8.6 ppb at 25 °C [27], more recent analysis indicates the NESTT volatiles are largely a mixture formed of the TNT breakdown products 2,4 - and 2,6 - dinitrotoluene, with only a minor portion being TNT [28].

We assayed whether this specificity is retained in our transgenic plants using the TNT breakdown products 2,4 - and 2,6 - dinitrotoluene previously tested in bacteria [5].