An Investigation into the Ultrasonic Treatment of Polluted Solids

Alan Newman; John P Lorimer; Timothy Mason; Kirsten Hutt

doi:10.1016/S1350-4177(97)00020-5

An Investigation into the Ultrasonic Treatment of Polluted Solids

Alan Newman
, John P Lorimer
, Timothy Mason
, Kirsten Hutt

Coventry University

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Abstract

Granular pieces of brick impregnated with copper oxide were used as a model for contaminated soil. Washing this model substrate by passing water across the substrate on an ultrasonically shaken tray irradiation afforded a 40% reduction in copper content. This was compared with only a 6% reduction when the sample was treated under otherwise identical conditions but using a tray shaken conventionally. The majority of the copper was removed as a result of the removal of surface materials which were more heavily contaminated with the copper oxide.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	153-156
Number of pages	4
Journal	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1350-4177(97)00020-5
Publication status	Published - Apr 1997

Keywords

Ultrasound
Soil washing
Decontamination

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SERC Grant: The Use of Ultrasound in Waste Treatment
Mason, T. (Principal Investigator), Newman, A. (Co-Investigator) & Hutt, K. (Research Assistant)
4/09/95 → 3/09/98
Project: Research

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