Highly-Selective and Regenerable Ion Exchange for Perchlorate Remediation, Recovery and Environmental Forensics
Date: January 24
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: Aerospace 355
Baohua Gu
Leader of the Environmental Chemistry and Technology Group
in the Environmental Sciences Division at
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Abstract
Highly-Selective and Regenerable Ion Exchange for Perchlorate Remediation, Recovery
and Environmental Forensics
Perchlorate has recently emerged as a widespread contaminant found in drinking
water and groundwater supplies in the United States and is known to disrupt thyroid
function by inhibiting iodide uptake. Among various treatment technologies, the
highly-selective and regenerable ion-exchange technology has recently been developed
at ORNL for removing perchlorate from contaminated water. Gu's lecture will give
a comprehensive overview of the ORNL's work in the development and employment
of these technologies.
