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TheI&ECSYMPOSIUMfromwhichthisvolumewasderivedfeatured519presen tationsat88technicalsessionsduringathree-daymeetingonSeptember17-20, 1996in Birmingham,Alabamawith580registrants. Thefinalselectionsforthechaptersincluded hereinwerebasedonpeerreview,scientificmerit,theeditors'perceptionsoflastingvalue orinnovativefeatures, andthegeneralapplicabilityofeitherthetechnologyitselforthe scientificmethodsandscholarlydetailsprovidedbytheauthors. Thevolume isacontinuationofathemeinitiatedin 1990. Itspredecessors,Emerg ing Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management, ACS Symposium Series No. 422 (1990), EmergingTechnologiesinHazardous WasteManagementII,ACSSymposiumSe ries No. 468 (1991), Emerging Technologies in Hazardous WasteManagement III, ACS SymposiumSeriesNo. 518(1993), EmergingTechnologiesinHazardous WasteManage mentIV, ACSSymposium Series No. 554 (1994),Emerging Technologies in Hazardous WasteManagement V. ACSSymposiumSeriesNo. 607(1995), andEmergingTechnolo gies in Hazardous Waste Management VI, American AcademyofEnvironmental Engi neersPublication (1996), arerelatedcontributionsonhazardouswastemanagement,but eachvolumeisessentiallydifferent. Byinspection,thereadermayquicklyrecognizethis diversity,andalsoconcludethatnosinglevolumecandojusticetothebreadthanddepth oftechnologiesbeingdevelopedandappliedinpractice. Thecontributionspresented in thisvolumearedivided intofourseparatebutcom plementary sections, including: (1) Chemical and Thermal Treatment; (2) Biochemical Treatment;(3)SeparationTechnologies;and(4)RadioactiveWasteTreatment. D. WilliamTedder FrederickG. Pohland GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology UniversityofPittsburgh Atlanta, Georgia30332-0100 Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania15261-2294 v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) Division ofACS organized and sponsored the symposium. ACS Corporate Associates was a majorfinancial cosponsor; theAmericanInstituteofChemicalEngineers(AIChE)EnvironmentalSciencesDivision, theAIChECenterforWasteReductionTechnologies,theAmericanAcademyofEnviron mental Engineers,andtheJointAssociationfor theAdvancementsofSupercriticalFluid Technologywerenominalcosponsors;andEnviroExpocositedanexhibition. Thisgener osity was essential to the overall successofthe symposium and is gratefully acknow ledged. vii CONTENTS I. EmergingTechnologiesinHazardousWasteManagementVII:AnOverview. . . FrederickG. PohlandandD. WilliamTedder ChemicalandThermalMethods 2. GranularIronOxideasaCatalystinChemicalOxidationofOrganic Contaminants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 MiratD. Gurol,Shu-SungLin,andNileshBhat 3. AnElectronBeamGeneratedPlasmaReactorforDecompositionof HalogenatedVOCs 23 S. A. Vitale, K. Hadidi,D. R. Cohn, L. Bromberg,andP. Falkos 4. IncinerationandThermalTreatmentofChemicalAgentsandChemicalWeapons 33 F. C. GouldinandE. M. Fisher 5. PredictingStabilityConstantsofVariousChelatingAgentsUsingQSAR Technology 49 R. W. Okey,S. Lin,andP. K. A. Hong 6. MineralizationofHazardousChemicalsbyHemeReaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 GuyoungKang,JimoJung,KapsongPark,andDavidK. Stevens BiochemicalTreatment 7. AnaerobicTransformationsofCarbonTetrachloride:CombinedBacterialand AbioticProcesses 81 FlynnW. Picardal,SanggooKim,AnnaRadue,andDeberaBackhus 8. BiorecoveryofMetalsfromAcidMineDrainage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 RakeshGovind,UmaKumar,RamaPuligadda,JimmyAntia,and HenryTabak ix x Contents 9. BiotreatmentofMinewater-ContainingCyanidesbyUsingImmobilizedCell Technology 103 Onguri K. Vijaya,G. R. V. Babu,JackAdams,JamesH. Wolfram,and KiritD. Chapatwala 10. Augmentationofin-SituSubsoilRemediationUsingColloidalGasDispersions 113 P. G. Chaphalkar,K. T. Valsaraj,D. Roy, W. D. Constant,andP. Lee 11. EffectofSorptionontheMicrobialReductiveDechlorinationofSoil-Bound Chloroalkenes 127 SpyrosG. PavlostathisandPingZhuang SeparationTechnologies 12. TheRemovalofVOCsfromExhaustAirandVapourCondensatesby MembraneProcesses . . . .

Proceedings of the I&EC Division of the ACS Symposium held in Birmingham, Alabama, September 17-20, 1996

Emerging Technologies for Hazardous Waste Management VII: An Overview; F.G.Pohland, D.W. Tedder. Chemical and Thermal Methods: Granular Iron Oxide as a Catalyst in Chemical Oxidation of Organic Contaminants; M.D. Gurol, et al. An Electron Beam Generated Plasma Reactor for Decomposition of Halogenated VOCs; S.A. Vitale, et al. Incineration and Thermal Treatment of Chemical Agents and Chemical Weapons; F.C. Gouldin, E.M. Fisher. Biochemical Treatment: Anaerobic Transformations of Carbon Tetrachloride: Combined Bacteria and Abiotic Processes; F.W. Picardal, et al. Biorecovery of Metals from Acid Mine Drainage; R. Govind, et al. Separation Technologies: The Removal of VOCs from Exhaust Air and Vapor Condensates by Membrane Processes; H. Chmiel, et al. Electrochemical Recovery of EDA and Heavy Metals from Washing of Metal Contaminated Soil; S.B. Martin, et al. Removal and Treatment of Radioactive, Organochlorine, and Heavy Metal Contaminants from Solid Surfaces; S.A. Grieco, et al. Electrolytic Decontamination of Conductive Materials for Hazardous Waste Management; D.E. Wedman, et al. 7 Additional Articles. Index.