Monday, November 10, 2008

Meeting the Mercury Target

SAMMS recently made the website of Pollution Engineering.

"A recent trial of SAMMS (self-assembled monolayers on mesoporous supports) at the Idaho National Laboratory on the residual liquid wastes from a V-9 tank achieved complete success in reducing mercury well below the EPA TCLP limit of 0.20 mg/L. The agency and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved a variance for the stabilization of the high levels of mercury (greater than 260 mg/kg) in this waste using SAMMS absorbent."

Read the rest of the article HERE.