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Main Title Abiotic reductive dechlorination of carbon tetrachloride and hexachloroethane by environmental reductants /
Author Reinhard, Martin. ; Curtis, G. P. ; Kriegman, M. R.
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Curtis, Gary P.
Kriegman, Michelle R.
CORP Author Stanford Univ., CA. Dept. of Civil Engineering.;Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
Publisher Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1990
Report Number EPA 600/2-90/040; EPA-R-814823
Stock Number PB90-261553
OCLC Number 29545247
Subjects Carbon tetrachloride--Deterioration ; Chlorides--Deterioration ; Chlorides--Environmental aspects--United States
Additional Subjects Reduction(Chemistry) ; Dechlorination ; Water pollution ; Water chemistry ; Construction materials ; Microorganisms ; Chemical reactions ; Reaction kinetics ; Ground water ; Carbon tetrachloride ; Aquifers ; Minerals ; Aerobic processes ; Anaerobic processes ; Materials tests ; Sediment-water interfaces ; Ethane/hexachloro ; Environmental effects
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EMBD  EPA/600/2-90/040 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 10/27/1995
NTIS  PB90-261553 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ix, 40 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract The transformation rates of hexachloroethane (HCA) and carbon tetrachloride (CTET) have been measured in model systems representing the ground water environment and in slurries of fractionated Borden aquifer material. The report summarizes research conducted to identify the environmental factors which affect the abiotic (chemical) transformation rates of HCA and CTET in systems consisting of minerals and Borden aquifer material under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The mineral systems studied consisted of both homogeneous solutions containing soluble environmental reductants and heterogeneous systems containing well characterized solids representative of mineral phases in aquifers. The following soluble reductants were used: bisulfide (HS-), L-cysteine, and ferrous iron complexes. Reaction rates were compared with those measured in heterogeneous systems containing biotite, vermiculite, pyrite, marcasite, or 13X zeolite and one of the dissolved reductants. Heterogeneous reaction rates were at least an order of magnitude faster than the homogeneous rates. The reductive dechlorination of hexachloroethane (HCA) to form tetrachloroethene (PCE) has been studied in the presence of aquifer material excavated from the aerobic sandy Borden aquifer. Studies with magnetically separated fractions of the aquifer material indicated that the fraction consisting of quartz, feldspars, and carbonates accounted for most of the reactivity. Studies with the acid and base pretreated quartz, feldspar, and carbonates fraction suggested that the electron donor was associated with organic matter in the aquifer solids. The addition of 20 mg/l humic acids to 0.5 mM ferrous sulfate or 0.5 mM sodium sulfide increased the rate of the reduction reaction by a factor of 15 and 7, respectively. These results suggest that the abiotic reduction reactions may be closely coupled to microbially produced reductants such as ferrous iron and sulfide.
Notes "August 1990." "EPA/600/2-90/040." PB90-261553 Performing organization: Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University under project CR-814823. Includes bibliographical references p. 36-40.
Place Published Ada, OK :
Supplementary Notes Sponsored by Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
Corporate Au Added Ent Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory. ; Stanford University. Dept. of Civil Engineering.
PUB Date Free Form {1990}
NTIS Prices PC A04/MF A01
BIB Level m
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OCLC Time Stamp 20001213114819
Language eng
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OCLC Rec Leader 01540cam 2200349Ia 45020