Perchlorate (ClO₄^-) Treatment – Using Highly Selective, Regenerable Anion Exchange Resins

B. Gu, D. Cole, and G. M. Brown. 2002. Destruction of perchlorate in ferric chloride and hydrochloric acid solution. (US Patent  6,800,203).

G. M. Brown, B. Gu, B. A. Moyer, and P. V. Bonnesen. 2002. Regeneration of anion exchange resins by sequential chemical displacement. (US Patent 6,448,299).

B. Gu and G. M. Brown. Regeneration of anion exchange resins by catalyzed electrochemical reduction. 2001 (US Patent 6,358,396).

(Book) Gu, B. and J. D. Coates. 2006. Perchlorate Environmental Occurrence, Interactions and Treatment, Springer, New York.   

Gu, B.; Brown, G. M.; Chiang, C. C. Treatment of perchlorate-contaminated groundwater using highly selective, regenerable ion-exchange technologies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 6277-6282.

Gu, B.; Ruan, C. 2007. Determination of technetium and its speciation by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Anal. Chem, 79, 2341-2345.

Wang, W., Ruan, C. M., Gu, B. 2006. Development of gold-silica composite nanoparticle substrates for perchlorate detection by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Anal. Chim. Acta, 567,121-126.

Ruan, C. M., Wang, W., Gu, B. 2006. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering for perchlorate detection using cystamine-modified gold nanoparticles. Anal. Chim. Acta, 567,114-120.

Wang, W. and B. Gu 2005. New SERS substrates via self-assembly of silver nanoparticles on surface functionalized glass for perchlorate detection. Appl. Spectr. 59:1509-1515.

Gu, B., Y. K. Ku, and G. M. Brown. 2005. Sorption and desorption of perchlorate and uranium by strong-base anion-exchange resins. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39, 901-907.

Bao, H. and B. Gu. 2004. Natural perchlorate has its unique oxygen Isotope signature. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38:5073-5077.

Gu, B., J. Tio, W. Wang , Y. Ku, and S. Dai. 2004. Raman spectroscopic detection for perchlorate at low concentrations. Applied Spect. 58:741-744.

Gu, B., W. Dong, G.M. Brown, and D.R. Cole. 2003. Complete degradation of perchlorate in ferric chloride and hydrochloric acid under controlled temperature and pressure. Environ. Sci. Technol., 37:2291-2295.

Gu, B., Y. K. Ku, G.M. Brown. 2002. Treatment of perchlorate-contaminated water using highly-selective, regenerable ion-exchange technology: a pilot-scale demonstration. Remediation. 12: 51-68.

Brown, G.M., L. Maya, and B.A. Moyer. 2001. Regeneration of perchlorate (ClO₄^-)-loaded anion exchange resins by novel tetrachloroferrate (FeCl₄ ^-) displacement technique. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35:3363-3368.

Gu, B., G. M. Brown, P. V. Bonnesen, L. Liang, B. Moyer, R. Ober, and S. D. Alexandratos. 2000. Development of novel bifunctional anion-exchange resins with improved selectivity for pertechnetate sorption from contaminated groundwater. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34:1075-1080.

G. M. Brown, P. V. Bonnesen, B. A. Moyer, B. Gu, S. D. Alexandratos, V. Patel, and R. Ober. 2000. Chapter 15. The design of selective resins for the removal of pertechnetate and perchlorate from groundwater . In Perchlorate in the environment, E. T. Urbansky (ed). Plemner, New York. pp 155-164.

Gu, B., G. M. Brown, S. D. Alexandratos, R. Ober, J. A. Dale, and S. Plant. 2000. Ch. 16. Efficient treatment of perchlorate contaminated groundwater by bifunctional anion exchange resins. In Perchlorate in the Environment, E. T. Urbansky, Eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York. pp 165-176.

Gu, B., Y. K. Ku, and P. M. Jardine. 2004. Sorption and binary exchange of nitrate, sulfate, and uranium on an anion-exchange resin. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38:3184-3188.