Dechlorination of Pentachlorophenol by ammonium amended clays : development of field applicable techniques /

although the addition of the clays did decrease the PCP

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lu, Junying
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
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Description
Summary:although the addition of the clays did decrease the PCP
amended clays to dechlorinate PCP. Based on the method
amended with ammonium ions and then exposed to PCP saturated
cause serious chronic and acute human diseases at low
concentration by sorption.
concentrations. It has been widely used in the wood
frequently found at many superfund sites in both soil and
groundwater. The objective of this thesis is to study
mechanisms to dechlorinate PCP into less harmful derivatives.
minimal dechlorination of PCP by the ammonium-amended clays
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is a highly toxic chemical which can
preserving and biocide industries. As a result, it is
procedures for field-scale use of ammonium-treated clay for
proposed by Washburn (1995), we tried to develop practical
supernatants separated from mixture. The results showed
the dechlorination of PCP. A total of seven clays were
The method that we are interested in utilizes ammonium-
water. GC/MS and GC/ECD techniques were used to analyze
Item Description:"Major subject: Soil Science".
Vita.
Physical Description:xi, 71 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.