Fate of Thallium(I) in Reverse Osmosis and Chlorinated Water Matrices

Abstract

This is the final report for a limited thallium fate study in support of the Joint Chemical Biological Radiological Agent Water Monitor program funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The persistence of thallium(I) sulfate in water prepared using reverse osmosis (RO) and RO water with added chlorine (RO-Cl) was measured using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) for a period of 2 weeks. The depletion of thallium(I) from the solution occurred with half-lives of 116 and 131 days for the RO and RO-Cl solutions respectively; this depletion is assigned to the adsorption of thallium(I) on the walls of the vials that were used.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA594425

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  • Arnold P. Snyder
  • Brandon Dusick
  • Jill Meuser
  • John Schwarz
  • Steve Norman
  • Vicky L.H. Bevilacqua

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  • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

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  • Counter WMD
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adsorption
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Chlorine
  • Detection
  • Elements
  • Emission
  • Emission Spectroscopy
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • Quality Control
  • Reverse Osmosis
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Test Methods

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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Engineering