Published 1991 | Version v1
Report

Destruction of complexants used in groundwater decontamination

  • 1. Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, WA (United States)

Description

A supported liquid membrane process is being developed to remove uranium from aqueous solutions. The uranium would be concentrated into a strip solution containing either vinylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (VDPA) or 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDPA). This study compares the degradation of HEDPA and VDPA under similar conditions. For the time of the tests in this study (3 h) the maximum amount of HEDPA that was destroyed was 83.5% using hydrogen peroxide and the maximum amount of VDPA destroyed was 64.6% using nitric acid

Part of:
Environmental remediation 1991: ''Cleaning up the environment for the 21st Century''

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Environmental remediation 1991: ''Cleaning up the environment for the 21st Century''
Imprint Pagination
896 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 555-557.
Report number
CONF-910981--

Conference

Title
Environmental remediation '91 conference.
Dates
8-11 Sep 1991.
Place
Pasco, WA (United States).

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