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Perchlorate: Problems, Detection, and Solutions
Abstract
The perchlorate anion (ClO 4 m ) is produced when the solid salts of ammonium, potassium, and sodium perchlorate, and perchloric acid dissolve in water. Ammonium perchlorate, used in solid rocket engine fuels, has a limited shelf life and must periodically be replaced. Before 1997, perchlorate could not be readily detected in groundwater at concentrations below 100 µg/L, until the California Department of Health Services developed an acceptable analytical method that lowered the detection limit to 4 µg/L. Subsequently, groundwater containing perchlorate were soon encountered in several western states, and contamination became apparent in Colorado River water. Most perchlorate salts have high water solubilities; concentrated solutions have densities greater than water. Once dissolved, perchlorate is extremely mobile, requiring decades to degrade. Health effects from ingesting low dosage perchlorate-contaminated water are not well known: it interferes with the body's iodine intake, causing an inhibition of human thyroid production. Contaminated surface and groundwater treatment may require bio- and/or phytoremediation technologies. Perchlorate in groundwater is relatively unretarded; it probably travels by advection. Therefore, it may be used as a tracer for hydrocarbon and metal contaminants that are significantly more retarded. Possible forensic techniques include chlorine isotopes for defining multiple or commingled perchlorate plumes.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Motzer, W.
- Venue
- Environmental Forensics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 301-311
- ISSN
- 1527-5922 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2036890940
- Cited by
- 323
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 7.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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