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Condition Details

Reference
Major, D. (2019) Demonstration of Smoldering Combustion Treatment of PFAS-impacted Investigation-Derived Waste - Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
Scope
Smoldering | Lab | Soil: Soil spiked with PFAS
Treatment Temperature (°C)
1016
Treatent Time
250
Time Units
Minute
Treatment Details
48 g GAC/kg soil; air flux = 5 cm/s; moisture content = 10.8%; smoldering time interpreted from Figure 5

Thermal Treatment Results

PFHxS7.06 mg/kgNot detectedDetection limit = 0.0002 mg/kg; Data from Table 11
PFOA6.14 mg/kgNot detectedDetection limit = 0.0002 mg/kg; Data from Table 11
PFOS9.54 mg/kgNot detectedDetection limit = 0.0002 mg/kg; Data from Table 11
HF82% 0 mg/kgNot detected82% of available fluorine captured as HF; data from paragraph under Table 11.