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Hydrazine is used for many industrial applications including tile synthesis of pharmaceutical, water treatment, and most extensively by the United States Air Force as a fuel for rockets and alternate power units in jets such as the F-16. As a fuel hydrazine can find its way into the environment in a number of ways including aircraft accidents and accidental spills during fueling. Due to the toxicity of hydrazine, extensive experimentation has been done into the detection of hydrazine from both aqueous and soil matrixes using GC, GC-MS, HPLC, ion chromatography, and UV-Vis Spectroscopy. Studies have also been done in an attempt to chemically degrade hydrazine for in-situ remendation. In this study transition metal salts, mainly copper salts, have been used as a catalyst for chemical degradation. To enhance the degradation process biological materials and drying agents have been tested. Methods used for the analysis of the by-products included HPLC, UV-VIS, ion chromatography, and GC-MS. |
