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POTENTIAL USE OF ULTRASOUND IN CHEMICAL MONITORING
Citation:
Orzechowska, G. AND E. Posiomek. POTENTIAL USE OF ULTRASOUND IN CHEMICAL MONITORING. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/540/R-94/502 (NTIS PB94188190), 1994.
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been examining the potential of combining sonication with existing measurement technologies for monitoring specific classes of organic pollutants in water. he research specifically addressed using ultrasound (ultrasonic) processors to decompose aqueous organochlorine compounds into ions as a screening method for organochlorine pollutants in water. he approach of using sonication is applicable to other organic compounds which contain other halides, phosphorus, nitrogen, and sulfer than, when released, could be easily quantified. nions specific to the inorganic components would be produced in sonication. hanges in ion concentrations before and after sonication would be used in monitoring for the pollutants. he organochlorine compounds tested were those usually found as VOCs at hazardous waste sites. he success with compounds served as proof-of-principle and forms a rationale for expanding the research to their pollutant classes.