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Chemical Oxidation

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Chemical oxidation is a process involving the transfer of electrons from an oxidizing reagent to the chemical species being oxidized. In water and wastewater engineering, chemical oxidation serves the purpose of converting putrescible pollutant substances to innocuous or stabilized products. Chemical oxidation processes take place in natural waters and serve as an important mechanism in the natural self-purification of surface waters. Oxidative removal of dissolved iron and sulfide pollutants in aerated waters is a prominent example. The degradation of organic waste materials represents an even more important phenomenon associated with natural water self-purification. It is well known that the efficacy of natural water organic oxidations is due to the presence of microorganisms, which serve to catalyze a highly effective utilization of dissolved oxygen as an oxidant. In fact, such microorganism-catalyzed processes have been optimized and developed into the various forms of so-called “biological processes” in high concentration organic waste treatment applications. The subject of biochemical oxidation processes is thus covered in a different book that deals with biological treatment processes.

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  • Chemical Oxygen Demand
  • Chemical Oxidation
  • Chromic Acid
  • Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
  • Permanganate Oxidation

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  1. Graduate Environmental Engineering Program, Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Nazih K. Shammas PhD

  2. Niagara Technology Inc., Williamsville, NY

    John Y. Yang PhD

  3. Technology Department, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

    Pao-Chiang Yuan PhD

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

    Yung-Tse Hung PhD, PE, DEE

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Shammas, N.K., Yang, J.Y., Yuan, PC., Hung, YT. (2005). Chemical Oxidation. In: Wang, L.K., Hung, YT., Shammas, N.K. (eds) Physicochemical Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 3. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-820-x:229

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