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    "Engy-5140: Chemical and Nuclear Waste Processing Fall 2019 UMass Lowell; Prof. V. F. de Almeida **05Sep2019**\n",
    "\n",
    "# 01. Fundamentals"
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    "---\n",
    "\n",
    "## Table of Contents\n",
    "* [Introduction notes](#intro)\n",
    "* [Information sites](#sites)\n",
    "* [Example of class and amount of hazardous waste generation](#hwmass)\n",
    "* [Physicochemical transport elements](#physchem)\n",
    "---"
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    "## Introduction to hazardous waste<a id=\"intro\"></a>\n",
    "\n",
    "In-class course notes OneNote [Engy-5140-fundamentals](https://studentuml-my.sharepoint.com/:o:/g/personal/valmor_dealmeida_uml_edu/EqIHPUrswOJIpDIwsL_g-n4BzbIZs8nAfCPpUyZ8G52Ltg?e=6peW6n)."
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    "## Important information sites<a id=\"sites\"></a>\n",
    "\n",
    " + Environmental protection agency [EPA](https://www.epa.gov/):\n",
    "  - [Hazardous waste](https://www.epa.gov/hw)\n",
    "    - [Identification Process](https://www.epa.gov/hw/criteria-definition-solid-waste-and-solid-and-hazardous-waste-exclusions#solidwaste): \"It is important to note that the definition of **solid waste** is not limited to wastes that are physically solid. Many solid wastes are liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material.\"\n",
    "    - [Hazardous waste classification](https://www.epa.gov/hw/criteria-definition-solid-waste-and-solid-and-hazardous-waste-exclusions#solidwaste)\n",
    "      + [Listed waste](https://www.epa.gov/hw/defining-hazardous-waste-listed-characteristic-and-mixed-radiological-wastes#listed)\n",
    "      + [Characteristic waste](https://www.epa.gov/hw/defining-hazardous-waste-listed-characteristic-and-mixed-radiological-wastes#character)\n",
    "      + [Household waste](https://www.epa.gov/hw/household-hazardous-waste-hhw)\n",
    "    - Waste characterization data: use online search on MSDS or SDS (safety data sheet).\n",
    "       * Example: [`DDT safety data sheet sigma-aldrich`](https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/MSDS/MSDS/DisplayMSDSPage.do?country=US&language=en&productNumber=386340&brand=ALDRICH&PageToGoToURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sigmaaldrich.com%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Faldrich%2F386340%3Flang%3Den)\n",
    "       * [PubChem Chemical Data](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)\n",
    "          - Check on DDT and n-octanol\n",
    "    - \"Solid waste\" test methods\n",
    "      + [EPA SW846](https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/sw-846-compendium)\n",
    "      + [EPA SW846 for toxicity](https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/sw-846-test-method-1311-toxicity-characteristic-leaching-procedure)\n",
    "    - [Generators](https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators)\n",
    "      + [Biennial report](https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/biennial-hazardous-waste-report)\n",
    "      + [US data reported](https://rcrapublic.epa.gov/rcrainfoweb/action/modules/br/summary/view)\n",
    "      + [US data reported (raw)](https://rcrapublic.epa.gov/rcra-public-export/)\n",
    "      + [US states regulatory programs](https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/links-hazardous-waste-programs-and-us-state-environmental-agencies)\n",
    "  - [Regulated substances search (EPA)](https://ofmpub.epa.gov/sor_internet/registry/substreg/LandingPage.do)\n",
    "  - [Toxic substances (EPA)](https://www.epa.gov/chemical-research/distributed-structure-searchable-toxicity-dsstox-database)\n",
    "    + [Health Effects Notebook of Hazardous Air Pollutants](https://www.epa.gov/haps/health-effects-notebook-hazardous-air-pollutants)\n",
    "  - [Toxic substances (CDC)](https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/index.asp)\n",
    "  - [Toxic substances (NIH)](https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/newtoxnet/index.html)\n",
    " + Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1976 (**RCRA**):\n",
    "  - [@ EPA](https://www.epa.gov/rcra)\n",
    "  - [@ Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Conservation_and_Recovery_Act)\n",
    " + Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act 1980 (**CERCLA**), called **Superfund**:\n",
    "   - [Summary](https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-comprehensive-environmental-response-compensation-and-liability-act)\n",
    "   - [Overview](https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-cercla-overview)"
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      "vapor pressure [mmHg] = 1.575e-06\n",
      "\n",
      "Partition C8H17OH/H2O = 8.128e+06\n"
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    "'''Check on DDT SDS'''\n",
    "\n",
    "import scipy.constants as const\n",
    "\n",
    "vapor_pressure = 0.0000021 * const.hecto\n",
    "print('vapor pressure [mmHg] = %1.3e'%(vapor_pressure/const.mmHg))\n",
    "print('')\n",
    "\n",
    "log_partition_coef = 6.91\n",
    "partition = 10**log_partition_coef\n",
    "print('Partition C8H17OH/H2O = %1.3e'%partition)"
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    "## HW Generator<a id=\"hwmass\"></a>\n",
    "\n",
    "Using this engine\n",
    "\n",
    " + [Search engine](https://rcrapublic.epa.gov/rcrainfoweb/action/modules/br/summary/view)\n",
    "\n",
    "find the mass of hazardous waste generated by Massachusetts in 2017. Then look at the top five large-quantity generators and the waste classification for the top generator."
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