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Can chlorophenols, decontaminated through binding to humic acid, be released

Conference · · Preprints of Papers Presented at National Meeting, Division of Water, Air and Waste Chemistry, American Chemical Society; (USA)
OSTI ID:7267394
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  1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA)

The binding of xenobiotics to humus is considered a novel approach for decontamination of the environment, but little is known yet on the possible release of humus-bound chemicals and on related delayed pollution effects. To evaluation this problem, they enzymatically incorporated {sup 14}C-labelled chlorophenols into model and natural humic acid polymers and exposed these complexes to mixed microbial cultures isolated from different soils. The experiments were performed using air-flow systems equipped with a series of traps absorbing radioactive volatiles and {sup 14}CO{sub 2}. After a 3-month incubation period the media were analyzed by HPLC and gel chromatography (Sephadex G-150) for detecting the distribution of radioactivity. For comparison, some polymers were treated chemically with NaOH, KMnO{sub 4} and Na-amalgam and the reaction solution analyzed for the released radioactivity.

OSTI ID:
7267394
Report Number(s):
CONF-8809264--
Journal Information:
Preprints of Papers Presented at National Meeting, Division of Water, Air and Waste Chemistry, American Chemical Society; (USA), Journal Name: Preprints of Papers Presented at National Meeting, Division of Water, Air and Waste Chemistry, American Chemical Society; (USA) Vol. 28:2; ISSN ACWCA; ISSN 0099-7293
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English