From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org> |
Date: | Wed, 03 Apr 1996 00:07:56 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | MOLTEN METAL TREATS C.W. |
From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org> M4 CLAIMS CATALYTIC EXTRACTION SUCCESS M4 Environmental, a limited partnership between Lockheed Martin Corp. and Molten Metal Technology Inc., claims that its proprietary Catalytic Extraction Processing (CEP) technology has "safely and effectively" destroyed mustard and nerve agent. M4 is one of three companies hoping to demonstrate alternative methods - that is, other than incineration - for destruction of the U.S. chemical munitions stockpile. M4's press statement reads: "The tests were conducted this month [March, 1996] on a CEP demonstration facility built at the Battelle Memorial Institute, a facility certified by the Army for such work. The demonstration showed greater than 99.999999 percent [that's eight nines] destruction of these deadly agents, which is 100 times better than current regulatory standards designed to protect human health and the environment." Though CEP is a high-temperature process, it is generally considered closed loop. The company explains: "In CEP, wastes are piped into a sealed bath of low pressure molten metal. The catalytic properties of the system break down the chemical compounds in the agent to their primary elements. These elements are reconfigured as industrial products and extracted as recyclable gases, ceramics, and metal alloys by adding select chemicals and materials, such as oxygen and alumina, to the process." | |
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