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2183094 
Journal Article 
Desorption and destruction of PCBs in micellar media 
Sampsel, E; Ghosh, M; Shi, Z; Sanseverino, J; Menn, FM; Wong, MM; Gregory, B; Sayler, G 
1999 
161-166 
WOS:000082417000027 
Laboratory-scale studies have been conducted to determine the feasibility of using a surfactant washing system for the removal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from a contaminated soil. Further, photodechlorination was used to destroy the PCBs that were transferred into surfactant micelles. Eighty-five percent of the Soxhlet extractable PCBs could be removed from the soil with three successive column wash cycles using polyoxyethylene 10 lauryl ether (POL(10)). In excess of 50% of the PCBs in the surfactant wash water were photolyzed in 2 hours resulting in a quantum yield of 0.0104. 
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