Masters Theses
Abstract
"The ever increasing use of nonbiodegradable synthetic detergents, mainly the alkyl benzene sulfonates, has created difficulties in water and wastewater treatment, and in stream pollution. Although considerable attention has been given to this problem, no solution has been developed which can be effectively employed in the abatement of detergent pollution.
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the feasibility of the use of direct current electrochemical degradation in the removal of alkyl benzene sulfonates (ABS) from water. The rate and degree of completion of the electrochemical reactions were determined, and the nature of the end products formed was investigated. The studies were conducted at a current density of 0.5 milliamperes per centimeter square, in a fill and draw treatment unit equipped with iron electrodes, using initial ABS concentrations of 10 and 25 mg/1. The effects of the presence of dissolved minerals were also determined.
Significant reductions in both the ABS concentration and the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the water systems were obtained, with infrared and iron analyses showing that precipitation of the ABS was occurring as a result of electrochemical oxidation. Increased ABS and COD removals resulted upon clarification of the samples, which was believed to indicate that additional ABS was being removed by adsorption onto the insoluble material formed"--Abstract, p. i
Advisor(s)
Grigoropoulos, Sotirios G.
Committee Member(s)
James C. Maxwell
J. Kent Roberts
Rodney A. Schaefer
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Civil Engineering
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1963
Pagination
iv, 71 pages
Note about bibliography
includes bibliographical references (pages 622-65)
Rights
© 1963 Melvin David Rickard, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Thesis Number
T 1457
Print OCLC #
5950354
Recommended Citation
Rickard, Melvin David, "The electrochemical degradation of alkyl benzene sulfonate." (1963). Masters Theses. 2881.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2881
