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In situ vitrification (ISV) is a treatment technology that uses electricity to heat contaminated soil sufficiently to produce an inert glass product. Organic contaminants are destroyed by pyrolysis or they are stripped out of the soil with the escaping steam and trapped in the off-gas treatment system. Most inorganic contaminants are incorporated into the vitrified zone. The glass product is similar visually and chemically to naturally occurring obsidian, and like obsidian, the ISV product is also durable. The electrical power is delivered to the soil through special graphite-molybdenum electrodes inserted into the contaminated soil region in a square pattern. The abilty of ISV to treat hazardous chemical wastes, radioactive wastes, and mixtures of hazardous and radioactive wastes is a significant advantage of this process over many other treatment technologies.

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Contaminants; Hazardous wastes; Radioactive wastes; Soil remediation; Technological innovations

Removal

Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics

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Apr 30 1992 12:00AM

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• COOPERATION BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES IN DEALING WITH HAZARDOUS WASTE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
• CRITERIA FOR THE DESIGN OF SOUND INSULATION IN HOMES AROUND COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS
• EFFECTS OF ROAD SURFACE TEXTURE ON TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE NOISE
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• FIELD EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTROKINETICS AT A SUPERFUND SITE
• FORT HOOD NOISE STUDY
• FULL-SCALE TESTING OF SINGLE AND PARALLEL HIGHWAY NOISE BARRIERS
• IMPACT AND POTENTIAL USE OF ATTITUDE AND OTHER MODIFYING VARIABLES IN REDUCING COMMUNITY REACTION TO NOISE
• INTERNAL CONSISTENCY AND STABILITY OF MEASUREMENTS OF COMMUNITY REACTION TO NOISE
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