Electrochemical reduction and oxidation of DDT

SG Merica, W Jedral, S Lait, P Keech…

Index: Merica, Simona G.; Jedral, Wojceich; Lait, Susan; Keech, Peter; Bunce, Nigel J. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 77, # 7 p. 1281 - 1287

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Abstract

Electrolysis has been studied as a possible method to treat DDT wastes. In methanol, the major process was dehydrochlorination to DDE followed by further reduction. In an aqueous emulsion containing 1% heptane and 0.1% Triton SP-175®, DDT was reduced at a deposited lead electrode with sodium sulphate as the supporting electrolyte by sequential hydrodechlorination of the aliphatic chlorine atoms. An excellent material balance was ...