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Cleaning-up of oil taint stones by using H2O2, metallic salts and light

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The cleaning-up of fuel contaminated stones by submerging them in solutions of H2O2 and metallic salts is described as a mechanical process that takes 15 min to completely detach the black layer in the dark and 8 min under sunlight.

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  1. Departament de Química, Unitat de Química Orgànica, ]Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain

    J. L. Bourdelande, J. Marquet, J. R. Herance & U. Balduzzi

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Bourdelande, J.L., Marquet, J., Herance, J.R. et al. Cleaning-up of oil taint stones by using H2O2, metallic salts and light. Photochem Photobiol Sci 3, 329–330 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1039/b400304g

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