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Development of a New Lead Fixation Technology
EPA Contract Number: 68D30117Title: Development of a New Lead Fixation Technology
Investigators: Wang, Rong
Small Business: Wamax Inc.
EPA Contact: Manager, SBIR Program
Phase: I
Project Period: September 1, 1993 through March 1, 1994
Project Amount: $49,941
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (1992)
Research Category: Hazardous Waste/Remediation , SBIR - Hazardous and Solid Waste
Description:
Lead in soil must be treated in order to reduce the exposure risk associated with lead migration and lead bioavailability. Since the level of lead in contaminated soil is usually very low, a cost- effective and safe lead fixation technology is needed. This research will investigate a novel lead fixation technology based on natural soil chemical reactions with environmentally safe materials. Phase I will demonstrate the effect of soil impregnation and lead fixation. Phase II will develop commercial materials and engineering practices for fixation of contaminated soils and reduce lead leachability in these soils. Supplemental Keywords:Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Toxics, Economic, Social, & Behavioral Science Research Program, Water, Sustainable Industry/Business, Scientific Discipline, Waste, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, cleaner production/pollution prevention, Fate & Transport, Environmental Chemistry, Contaminated Sediments, Hazardous, New/Innovative technologies, National Recommended Water Quality, 33/50, Market mechanisms, bioavailability, soils, treatment, fate and transport, lead, hazardous waste sites, contaminated sediment, lead & lead compounds, cost effective, hazardous waste disposal, contaminated soil, hazardous waste, lead fixation technology, hazardous waste treatment, innovative technology, soil, innovative technologies