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Products of the neutralization of hydrazine fuels with hypochlorite

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OSTI ID:6208568
Neutralization of hydrazine fuels with hypochlorite is a recommended procedure for treatment of fuel spills. Earlier publications have reported some of the major reaction products and have suggested that incomplete reaction and reaction with impurities may lead to formation of environmentally and toxicologically significant substances. The results presented in this paper were obtained as part of a program to assess the environmental implications of using the hypochlorite method for treatment and disposal of hydrazine fuel spills. The fuel sample impurities analyzed, the analytical protocols used, and the chemical compounds produced by neutralization of hydrazine fuels with hypochlorite are discussed. The fuels examined were hydrazine, monomethylhydrazine, unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, and Aerozine-50. The neutralization products were determined under experimental conditions comparable to those expected for actual spills. Major products, as well as environmentally significant minor products, were identified using gas-chromatography/mass-spectrometry and gas-chromatography/Fourier-transform-infrared-spectroscopy.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6208568
Report Number(s):
CONF-8511110-4; ON: DE86004049
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English