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Limited studies focused on reactions occurring during disinfection and oxidation processes of seawater. The aim of this work was to investigate disinfection by-products (DBPs) formation from the chlorination and chloramination of seawater algal organic matter and related model compounds. Simulated algal blooms directly growing in Red Sea, red tide samples collected during an algal bloom event and Hymenomonas sp. monoculture were studied as algal organic matter sources. Experiments were conducted in synthetic seawater containing bromide ion. A variety of DBPs was formed from the chlorination and chloramination of algal organic matter. Brominated DBPs (bromoform, DBAA, DBAN and DBAcAm) were the dominant species. Iodinated DBPs (CIAcAm and iodinated THMs) were detected, which are known to be highly toxic compared to their chlorinated or brominated analogues. Algal organic matter was found to incorporate important precursors of nitrogenous DBPs (N-DBPs), which have been reported to be more toxic than regulated THMs and HAAs. Isotopically-labeled monochloramine (15N- NH2Cl) was used in order to investigate the nitrogen source in N-DBPs. High formation of N-DBPs was found from Hymenomonas sp. sample in exponential growth phase, which was enriched in nitrogen-containing organic compounds. High inorganic nitrogen incorporation was found from the algal samples enriched in humic-like compounds. HAcAms formation was studied from chlorination and chloramination of amino acids. Asparagine, aspartic acid and other amino acids with an aromatic structure were found to be important precursors of HAcAms and DCAN. Factors affecting HAcAms formation (Cl2/ amino acid molar ratio and pH) were evaluated. Studies on the formation kinetics of DCAcAm and DCAN from asparagine suggested a rapid formation of DCAcAm from organic nitrogen (amide group) and a slower incorporation of inorganic nitrogen coming from monochloramine to form DCAN. High amounts of DCAN and DCAcAm were detected from the chloramination of aromatic compounds (i.e., phenol and resorcinol) indicating that N-DBPs can also be formed from organic compounds without any organic nitrogen through the incorporation of inorganic nitrogen from monochloramine. Moreover, results from Hymenomonas sp., aromatic amino acids, and phenolic compounds suggested that aromatic compounds are highly reactive with monochloramine and a major fraction of DBP precursors.

This work presents two research efforts, one involving planetary science education research and a second involving the surface composition of Mars. In the former, student beliefs and reasoning difficulties associated with the greenhouse effect were elicited through student interviews and written survey responses from >900 US undergraduate non-science majors. This guided the development of the Greenhouse Effect Concept Inventory (GECI), an educational research tool designed to assess pre- and post-instruction conceptual understanding of the greenhouse effect. Three versions of this multiple-choice instrument were administered to >2,500 undergraduates as part of the development and validation process. In contrast to previous research efforts regarding causes, consequences, and solutions to the enhanced greenhouse effect, the GECI focuses primarily on the physics of energy flow through Earth's atmosphere. The GECI is offered to the science education community as a research tool for assessing instructional strategies on this topic.It was confirmed that the study population subscribes to several previously identified beliefs. These include correct understandings that carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas and the greenhouse effect increases planetary surface temperatures. Students also commonly associate the greenhouse effect with increased penetration of sunlight into and trapping of solar energy in the atmosphere. Students intermix concepts associated with the greenhouse effect, global warming, and ozone depletion. Reinforcing the latter concept, a majority believe that the Sun radiates most of its energy as ultraviolet light. Students also describe inaccurate and incomplete trapping models, which include permanent trapping, trapping through reflection, and trapping of gases and pollution. Another reasoning difficulty involves the idea that Earth's surface radiates energy primarily during the nighttime.The second research effort describes the distribution of chlorine on Mars measured by the Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS). The distribution of chlorine is heterogeneous across the surface, with a concentration of high chlorine centered over the Medusa Fossae Formation. The distribution of chlorine correlates positively with hydrogen and negatively with silicon and thermal inertia. Four mechanisms (aeolian, volcanic, aqueous, and hydrothermal) are discussed as possible factors influencing the distribution of chlorine measured within the upper few tens of centimeters of the surface.

At the time there are various options in the range of disinfecting materials applied in animal husbandry. In animal husbandry and food processing industry a new type of biocide – neutral anolyte (ANK) has been used for the purposes of disinfection, presterilization, purification and sterilization. ANK is produced in the STEL devices by electrochemical activation of sodium chloride solution. Aim of the study: to evaluate (under the laboratory conditions) the antibacterial washing qualities of neutral anolyte ANK, produced in the STEL-10N-120-01 devices, in its application for washing and disinfecting milking equipment and parlours. The efficiency of disinfection was estimated applying the method of pads (LAST EN ISO 4833: 2003). Inhabitable materials in the water were identified using “Delves” test, according to the standard LST 1263:1999. The physical-chemical examinations of water were carried (HN 24:2003). Under the laboratory conditions, anolyte ANK (produced in the STEL-10N-120-01 devices) solution with the concentration of 0.05% suppressed the increase of the Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, Salmonella and the coliform bacteria. The anolyte ANK solutions with the concentration 0.05% and 0.025% (made from the 0.05% solution watering it down in proportion 1:1) were not efficient in the pig farm A. The 0.05% anolyte ANK solution was efficient sanitarily treating the milkers equipment in the farming B.

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An examination of the seasonal and spatial distribution of Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs) inferred from standard temperature profiles in the lower-middle atmosphere above Antarctica, as derived from the Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) satellite observations and NCEP/NCAR assimilations, is provided. Chemical volume mixing ratio (VMR) observations of EOS Aura MLS v2.2 hydrogen chloride (HCl) were used to show the interannual variability of PSC formation with respect to stratospheric chlorine partitioning during five Southern Hemisphere Antarctic seasons from 2005 to 2009. A remarkable first set of results, obtained from an algorithm developed for modelling HCl depletion areas in the Antarctic polar vortex region, and based on satellite observations, is presented. In particular, the analysis of HCl concentration data obtained from 2006 indicated that the area processed for HCl was larger than the area of PSC during some periods of Antarctic winter, and that this result was robust with respect to the various PSC formation and HCl depletion thresholds utilized. The results suggest that an underestimation in chlorine activation area can occur when temperature thresholds for PSC formation thresholds are employed. The work presented here also evaluated chlorine activation via sulfate aerosol (SA) in the Southern Hemisphere 2006 stratosphere, based on satellite measurements of water vapor (H2O) and constant values of SA, by implementing the TACL formula of Drdla and Müller [2010] in contrast to the TNAT formula of Hanson and Mauersberger [1988]. The results indicated that the former formula was not completely sufficient for accurately modeling areas of depleted HCl and chlorine deactivation for all pressure surfaces in the Antarctic stratosphere. Based on the results of this study, the role of SA in chlorine activation appears to be more important at lower altitudes than for areas higher in the stratosphere.

In dieser Studie wurde der alleinige und gemeinsame Einfluss von 1.6 bis 14.5 mol% Wasser, 1.1 bis 18.3 mol% Fluor (F) und 0.5 bis 1.4 mol% Chlor (Cl) auf die Struktur und Viskosität von peralkalinen und peraluminösen Na2O CaO Al2O3 SiO2 Gläsern und Schmelzen mit ~ 66 mol% SiO2 (auf volatilfreier Basis) untersucht. Die Zusammensetzung der peralkalinen Proben entspricht einem Modellsystem für Phonolithschmelzen. Die wasserfreien Proben wurden in 1 atm Öfen aus Oxid und Karbonatverbindungen sowie Halogeniden hergestellt. Die wasserhaltigen peralkalinen Proben wurden in einer innenbeheizten Gasdruckanlage und die wasserhaltigen peraluminösen Proben in einer Stempelzylinderpresse hergestellt. Die Viskosität der Proben wurde mit der Mikropenetrationstechnik (108.5 1013 Pa s) und der „parallel plate“ Methode (105.5 Pa s 109 Pa s) gemessen. Die Struktur der Gläser wurde mittels „magic angle spinning“ (MAS) Kernspinresonanzspektroskopie (NMR) anhand der Nuklide 19F, 23Na, 27Al, 29Si and 35Cl analysiert. Fluor und Wasser allein oder in Kombination verringern die Viskosität der Schmelzen, wobei der Effekt von Wasser stärker ist als der von F. Beide Volatile verringern die Viskosität von peraluminösen Schmelzen stärker als in den peralkalinen Schmelzen. Für die peralkalinen Schmelzen wurde eine Verringerung der Viskosität durch F bis zu einer Konzentration von 1.9 mol% F festgestellt, jedoch für eine Konzentration von 6.2 mol% F wurde keine weitere Verringerung der Viskosität festgestellt. In den peraluminösen Schmelzen hingegen wurde bis zu einer Konzentration von 18.3 mol% F ein stetiger Abfall der Viskosität mit zunehmendem Fluorgehalt beobachtet. Der gemeinsame Einfluss von F und Wasser ist auf Grund ihrer jeweiligen Einzeleffekte geringer als angenommen, was zeigt, dass die Effekte von F und Wasser auf die Viskosität nicht unabhängig voneinander sind. Der zusammensetzungs und konzentrationsabhängige Effekt von F auf die Viskosität der Schmelzen stimmt mit Unterschieden im Einbaumechanismus von F überein. 19F MAS NMR Spektren zeigen, dass in den peralkalinen Gläsern F sowohl in „salzartigen“ F Ca(n) und F Na(n) als auch in nicht brückenbildenden Si F Na(n), Al F Ca(n), Al F Na(n) und brückenbildenden Al F Al Umgebungen vorkommt („n“ bedeutet, dass die Anzahl der Atome unklar oder variabel ist). F Ca(n) ist die am häufigsten vorkommende Umgebung, obwohl Ca das am wenigsten häufige Kation in den Proben ist. In den peraluminösen Gläsern existiert F nur in Si F und Al F Umgebungen, wobei Al F Na(n) die am häufigsten vorkommende Umgebung ist. Die Bildung von salzartigen F Ca(n) und F Na(n) Umgebungen sollte zu einem Anstieg der Viskosität durch eine Verringerung der netzwerkmodifizierenden Kationen führen. Die Bildung von Si F und Al F Umgebungen sollte die Viskosität entweder auf Grund einer Reduzierung von brückenbildenden Sauerstoffen durch nicht brückenbildende F oder durch einen Austausch von brückenbildenden Sauerstoffen durch brückenbildende F, welche eine niedrigere Bindungsstärke haben, verringern. Daraus lässt sich schließen, dass F die Viskosität in peralkalinen Schmelzen weniger stark verringert als in peraluminösen Schmelzen, weil F in den peralkalinen Schmelzen in Umgebungen existiert, welche die Viskosität erhöhen oder erniedrigen können, während F in den peraluminösen Schmelzen nur in Umgebungen existiert, welche die Viskosität verringern. Der konzentrationsabhängige Einfluss von F auf die Viskosität in den peralkalinen Schmelzen scheint in Zusammenhang mit einer Änderung in der Fluorspeziation zu stehen: Der relative Anteil von F Ca(n) Umgebungen, von denen anzunehmen ist, dass sie die Viskosität erhöhen, steigt von 42 auf 53% bei einem Anstieg im F Gehalt von 1.2 auf 6.2 mol% F. Veränderungen in der Fluorspeziation scheinen ebenfalls verantwortlich dafür zu sein, dass der Effekt von F und Wasser in Kombination geringer ist als erwartet. 19F MAS NMR Spektren von fluor und wasserhaltigen Proben zeigen, dass der relative Anteil von Al F Umgebungen, von denen anzunehmen ist, dass sie die Viskosität verringern, mit zunehmendem Wassergehalt abnimmt und dass im Gegenzug der relative Anteil von F Ca(n) Umgebungen zunimmt. Mit IR Spektroskopie wurde in den peralkalinen Proben kein Unterschied im OH/H2O Verhältnis bei gleichem Gesamtwassergehalt durch die Präsenz von F beobachtet. Im Gegensatz dazu gibt es starke Hinweise darauf, dass F in den peraluminösen Proben das OH/H2O Verhältnis bei gleichem Gesamtwassergehalt verringert, was erklären würde, weshalb F und Wasser in Kombination die Viskosität weniger verringern als von ihren Einzeleffekten zu erwarten wäre. Der Einfluss von Cl auf die Viskosität und Struktur der Schmelzen und Gläser ist sehr unterschiedlich verglichen mit F. Cl erhöht die Viskosität in den peralkalinen Schmelzen und verringert die Viskosität in den peraluminösen Schmelzen. Viskositätsmessungen von wasserhaltigen, chlorfreien und chlorhaltigen peralkalinen Schmelzen zeigen, dass der Effekt von Cl auf die Viskosität nicht durch die Präsenz von Wasser beeinflusst wird. Das beobachtete 35Cl NMR Signal zeigt, dass sowohl in den peralkalinen als auch in den peraluminösen Gläsern Cl in Na Ca Cl Umgebungen mit einem hohen Na Anteil existiert, was auf Grund des Ca/Na Verhältnisses von 1/5 zu erwarten war. Die Cl Umgebung in den peralkalinen und peraluminösen Gläsern ist ähnlich, jedoch beinhaltet die Cl Umgebung in den peraluminösen Gläsern mehr Ca. In den 35Cl MAS NMR Spektren wurde im Vergleich zu einem Natriumsilikatglas nur ein Teil des 35Cl NMR Signals der peralkalinen und der peraluminösen Proben beobachtet. Das fehlende Signal deutet darauf hin, dass ein Teil der Cl Atome in verzerrten oder ungeordneten Umgebungen existiert, welche eine Signalbreite haben, die zu groß ist, um mit den verwendeten NMR Spektroskopie Methoden gemessen werden zu können. Der Anstieg der Viskosität durch Cl in den peralkalinen Schmelzen kann dadurch erklärt werden, dass Cl die Anzahl der netzwerkmodifizierenden Kationen reduziert, während mehrere Möglichkeiten zur Diskussion stehen, weshalb Cl die Viskosität in peraluminösen Schmelzen verringert. Die Effekte von F und Cl auf die Viskosität sind unabhängig voneinander und summieren sich auf. Es wurde mit NMR Spektroskopie kein Hinweis dafür gefunden, dass F einen Einfluss auf den Einbaumechanismus von Cl hat.

Isotopic methods have been developed over the last 10 years as a method for determining chemical interactions of chlorinated solvents. These methods are especially promising for. This study attempts to employ and develop compound specific isotopic analyses of TCE and cDCE, along with chemical data, to characterize the degradation of TCE in a fractured bedrock aquifers. The Smithville site is a contaminated field site with extremely high levels of TCE contamination that is currently undergoing monitored remediation. From December 2008 until April 2010 extended samples were collected from the site to provide additional data analyses including isotopic data. The redox conditions at the site are anoxic to reducing, with sulfate reduction and methanogenesis as dominant terminal electron accepting processes. Redox data indicates that well electrochemical conditions are highly variable within the site, including areas near the source zone that not very reducing. Documented changes in groundwater conditions to much more reducing environments indicate that oxidation of organic matter is occurring at the Smithville site in select wells. Chemical analyses of TCE, DCE, VC, ethene and ethane are employed determine whether reductive dechlorination was occurring at the site. Results of field testing indicate that many wells on site, especially in the proximity of the source zone, dechlorination products were found. The isotopic data had a high range in both carbon and chlorine isotopes. Chlorine isotopic data ranges from a δ37Cl(TCE) of 1.39 to 4.69, a δ37Cl(cDCE) of 3.57 to 13.86, a δ13C(TCE) of -28.9 to -20.7, and a δ13C(cDCE) of -26.5 to -11.82. The range in values indicate varying degrees of degradation throughout the site, with the same wells grouping together. Combined chemical, redox and isotopic data shows that degradation seems to be a removal process for TCE at the Smithville site. Concentrations of chemicals created as a result of TCE degradation verify degradation, especially in wells 15S9, R7 and 17S9. Historically production of DCE in significant amounts, above 1.0 ppb, was observed to only occur after 2003. In addition to this, DCE data shows that the percentage of DCE made up of cDCE is above 96%. This indicates that microbes most likely mediate the processes that formed DCE from TCE. The linear regression of the delta-delta plot for isotopic TCE data shows line that is likely a direct function of the carbon and chlorine isotopic fractionation imparted upon the original TCE released. The slope found is consistent with data collected from other studies though cannot be applied to determining the process directly given the range of variability in isotopic field data.

Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene (HCBD) is a toxic aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbon which is widely used as a fungicide, herbicide and heat transformer fluid. HCBD is resistant to microbial degradation and, therefore, persists in aquatic and soil environments worldwide. In this thesis, the ability of non-specific bacteria from various sources to dechlorinate HCBD in the presence of either acetate or lactate (as an electron donor) and cyanocobalamin (as an electron shuttle) under different conditions was investigated. Cultivating specific populations to reduce cyanocobalamin as a method to increase HCBD dechlorination rate was investigated. Also, the factors responsible for HCBD dechlorination and the stalling of dechlorination were studied. Lastly, redox potential measurement during the microbial reductive dechlorination of HCBD for online detection of ongoing dechlorination was evaluated. Findings from the Project „« Non-specific bacteria from activated sludge, anaerobic digested effluent from municipal waste, piggery waste and sheep rumen content are able to dechlorinate HCBD in the presence of cyanocobalamin to chlorine-free C4 gases in a biochemical reaction. „« Dechlorination was equated to the formation of completely dechlorinated end-products from HCBD dechlorination. „« Methanogens were found to be involved in HCBD dechlorination. „« Mediators rather than specific bacteria were responsible for the fast dechlorination rates. Results suggest that activated sludge may release synthesized mediators into the supernatant to enable enhanced HCBD dechlorination. „« HCBD dechlorination can be monitored using oxidation reduction potential (ORP). ORP has an effect on HCBD dechlorination rate. Scientific Significance/Novelty The most significant finding from this research is that it demonstrates chlorine-free end-products in contrast with other studies in literature (Booker and Pavlosthasis, 2000; Bosma et al., 1994) where dechlorination was equated with disappearance of HCBD into bacterial biomass and the detection of partially dechlorinated gases such as trichlorobutadiene. It also shows that, in contrast to literature where specific bacteria (i.e., pure strains/cultures) were commonly used for the dechlorination of polychlorinated hydrocarbons, results from this thesis show that non-specific bacteria were able to dechlorinate HCBD in the presence of cyanocobalamin at ratesƒx sufficiently high to be considered for bioremediation projects. Moreover, results demonstrate that ORP can be used to monitor HCBD dechlorination.

Thesis(M.S.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references.