ANALYSIS OF NITROPHENOLS AND OTHER POLAR NITROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS IN AMMUNITION WASTE-WATER BY HIGH-FIELD PROTON NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE (H-1-NMR) SPECTROSCOPY AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS

It is shown that by using high-field proton nuclear magnetic resonance (H-1-NMR) spectroscopy it is possible, without prior separation, to a nalyse nitrophenols and other acidic nitroaromatic compounds in the '' pH 2 extract'' of ammunition wastewater. The 1H-NMR chemical shifts da ta of a variety of reference compounds are presented. Two groundwater samples from the former ammunition plant in Elsnig (Saxony) were analy sed by H-1-NNIR and also by chromatographic methods (GC/MS, HPLC). The results are compared and discussed.