Abstract
Laboratory experiments are presented that demonstrate a novel in situ semipassive reactive barrier for the degradation of 2,4 dinitrotoluene created by coating aquifer surfaces by deposition of colloidal MnO2, which catalyzes ozone degradation and enhances contaminant oxidation. Ozone is added to the reactive barrier and is transported through the zone with the contaminants by existing hydraulic gradients. The communication presents the preliminary laboratory investigation demonstrating the viability of this method. Studies were conducted by coating Ottawa sand with colloidal MnO2. Results show that concentrations of MnO2 in the range of 0.2 mg/g can be deposited with no measurable change in hydraulic conductivity, that there is significant coverage of the sand material by MnO2, and the deposition was not reversible under a wide range of chemical conditions. Ozonation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene in the presence of MnO2- coated sand was demonstrated to result in pseudo-first-order degradation kinetics with respect to DNT with half-lives ranging from 28 to 22 min (at pH 6 and 7, respectively), approximately 25% faster than experiments performed in the absence of MnO2.
Department
Civil Engineering
Publication Date
7-1-2001
Journal Title
Environmental Engineering Science
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1089/109287501753113160
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Bower, K.C., K.H. Gardner, C.M. Miller, and L. Kong, “In-Situ Colloidal MnO2 Deposition and Ozonation of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene,” Environmental Engineering Science 18(4), 259-265 (2001).
Rights
This is a copy of an article published in Environmental Engineering Science ©2001 copyright Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; Environmental Engineering Science is available online at: http://online.liebertpub.com.