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Title: Transport, Targeting, and Applications of Metallic Functional Nanoparticles for Degradation of DNAPL Chlorinated Organic solvents

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/838690· OSTI ID:838690

This project addresses the need for methods to remove or degrade subsurface contaminants that are present as dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), and act as long-term sources of groundwater contamination. The goal is to build on a particle-based approach to subsurface contaminant remediation that is based partly on the recent success in using nanoparticle iron to degrade chlorinated compounds dissolved in groundwater, and knowledge of how colloids migrate in porous media. The objective is to engineer reactive nanoparticles that can decompose and potentially isolate DNAPL pollutants in the subsurface.

Research Organization:
Carnegie Melton University, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-02ER63507
OSTI ID:
838690
Report Number(s):
EMSP-86981-2004; R&D Project: EMSP 86981; TRN: US200508%%366
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 15 Jun 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English