1993
DOI: 10.1002/rem.3440030407
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Radiolytic decomposition of environmental contaminants and site remediation using an electron accelerator

Abstract: Halogenated and nonhalogenated hydrocarbon contaminants are currently found in natural waterways, groundwater, and soils as a result of spills and careless disposal practices. The development of proper treatment methodologies for the waste streams producing this environmental damage is now a subject of growing concern. A significant number of these waste stream compounds are chemically stable and are thus resistant to environmental degradation. Numerous researchers have investigated the use of ionizing radiati… Show more

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“…(See Exhibit 1.) These range from simple encapsulation and stabilization techniques to treatment and destruction by ultraviolet, radio, and infrared frequencies; sonar and microwave destruction; arc plasma destruction; and electron laser beam destruction (Matthews et al, 1993). Practically every chemical and physical process known to man has been investigated for its application to waste destruction.…”
Section: Innovative Technology Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(See Exhibit 1.) These range from simple encapsulation and stabilization techniques to treatment and destruction by ultraviolet, radio, and infrared frequencies; sonar and microwave destruction; arc plasma destruction; and electron laser beam destruction (Matthews et al, 1993). Practically every chemical and physical process known to man has been investigated for its application to waste destruction.…”
Section: Innovative Technology Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, the method is hard to scale up. Radiation-induced degradation for pesticides has been widely applied in water samples for environmental protection, and cobalt-60 radiation has been proved to have a degradative effect on both insecticides and herbicides [14][15][16]. In addition, PCNB showed a photo-sensitive property, since its half-life value in sunlight irradiation was much shorter than that of non-irradiated control samples [10,17].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The radiation-induced decomposition of PCBs has been investigated in a variety of organic solvents ( ), including mineral oils ( 22−25, 27 ), and in a 2-propanol soil slurry (). Detailed scavenger studies by Mincher et al () and Arbon et al () implicated the solvated electron as the major reactive species in the γ-radiation-induced destruction of PCBs in neutral solutions of both 2-propanol () and isooctane ().…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%