Destruction of Complexants Used in Groundwater Decontamination

Conference · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5213486

Hodgson, K. M. ^[1]; Moberg, T. P. ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

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-diphoshonic 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.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 5213486
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA--1209; CONF-910981--2; ON: DE91018139
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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