Basic Project Information

Basic Project Information

Title	Use of Organo-Clay Adsorbent Materials for Groundwater Treatment
Project Number	03-7-32-7705-56
Start Date	6/95
End Date	5/96
Research Category	Water Quality
Focus Category	GROUNDWATER WATER QUALITY
Lead Institute	DE Water Resources Center
Other Affiliations	N/A

Principal Investigators

Principal Investigators
Name	Rank During Project Period	Affiliation
Steven Dentel	Professor	University of DE Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Articles in Refereed Scientific Journals , DiVincenzo, J.P. and S.K. Dentel , 1996 , Sorption-Desorption of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene on Soil: Anionic Surfactant and Cationic Polyelectrolyte Effects , Journal of Environmental Quality , 25 , N/A , 1193-1202 .
Articles in Refereed Scientific Journals , Dentel, S.K., J.Y. Bottero, K. Khatib, H. Demougeot, J.P. Duguet, and C. Anselme , 1995 , Sorption of TRannic Acid, Phenol, and 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol on Organoclays , Water Research , 29 , N/A , 1273-1280 .
Other Publications , Dentel. S.K. anf S.H. Ko , 1998 , Sorption of Trichloroethylene on a Surfactant Modified Smectite Clay , Poster presentation American Geophysical Union, 1998 Spring Meeting , N/A , Boston, MA , N/A .

Funding Sources
Funding Date	Fund Type	Source	Amount
6/95	Section 104	NIWR + UD match	$48,002

Student Support
Student Level	Number of Students	Number of Dissertations/Thesis
Undergraduate	1	N/A
Masters	1	N/A
Ph.D.	1	N/A
Post Ph.D.	N/A	N/A

Awards and Achievements
Date	Award or Achievement
March 28, 1995	U.S. patent 5,401,417: Selective Adsorption of Organic Material by Modified Clays (S.K. Dentel and A.I. Jamrah, inventors)

Termination

If this project was initiated prior to fiscal year 1996, was it terminated because of the change to a regional competitive grant program?	Yes