Potential Applications

Abstract

Chemical treatment processes are potentially applicable under the following conditions:

• Substitution processes — where materials are considered hazardous because they contain a specific class of contaminants, especially halogenated aromatic compounds. They also may be used in treating materials containing halogenated aliphatics, nitrogen-bearing compounds, and sulfonated compounds;

• Oxidation processes — where materials are considered hazardous because they contain low concentrations of organic constituents in water or in a dilute slurry; and

• Precipitation processes — where materials are considered hazardous because they contain toxic metal compounds in aqueous solution.