Mineralization of hazardous chemicals by heme reaction
- Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies, Seoul (Korea, Democratic People`s Republic of)
- Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)
The catalytic degradation of pentachlorophenol contaminated soil by heme and hydrogen peroxide has been reported. Here we studied evidence for the mechanism and mineralization by the heme catalyzed reaction for hazardous organopollutants. Ferryl heme radical and non-radical ferryl heme were generated rapidly by the interaction of heme and hydrogen peroxide (H{sub 2}O{sub 2}). The activated heme radical could initiate the oxidation of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA). The reactions by heme with H{sub 2}O{sub 2} could support the redox cycling between the ferryl species of heme and 5-ASA as the mechanistic routes of the heme catalyzed reaction. Hazardous compounds such as pentachlorophenol, phenanthrene and benzota[a]pyrene were mineralized 20, 6, and 7%, respectively, with 30 mM heme and 1500 mM H{sub 2}O{sub 2} after 24 hr reaction. This catalyzed degradation of organopollutants could be used as a novel technology for hazardous waste remediation.
- OSTI ID:
- 210293
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9509139-; TRN: 95:008324-0134
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 7. ACS special symposium: emerging technologies in hazardous waste management, Atlanta, GA (United States), 17-20 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Emerging technologies in hazardous waste management VII; Tedder, D.W. [ed.]; PB: 1352 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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