Halogenated solvent

Air. Biofilters are an effective way of dealing with air from industrial processes that use halogenated solvents such chloromethane, dichioromethane, chloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane and vinyl chloride, that support aerobic growth (26). Both compost-based dry systems and trickling filter wet systems are in use. Similar filters could be incorporated into pump-and-treat operations. 

Oxidation of aHoocimene in the presence of a catalyst produces a polymeric peroxide, which can be thermally isomerized to produce aHoocimene diepoxide [3765-28 ] (56) in 70—75% yield (99). The diepoxide has been used in the manufacture of resins and as an acid scavenger for halogenated solvents (100). 

Bromine is soluble in nonpolar solvents and in certain polar solvents such as alcohol and sulfuric acid. It is miscible with alcohol, ether, carbon disulfide, and many halogenated solvents. Bromine reacts with some of these solvents under certain conditions. 

Dry methylene chloride does not react with the common metals under normal conditions however, a reaction with aluminum can be initiated, sometimes explosively, by the addition of small amounts of other halogenated solvents or an aromatic solvent (7). Iron catalyzes the reaction, and this can be significant in the handling and storage of methylene chloride and in the formulation of products, eg, in aluminum aerosol containers of pigmented paints, where the conditions necessary for the reaction are commonly found. A typical reaction in this process is shown in equation 2. 

Methylene Chloride White Paper, Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance (HSIA), Feb. 1989. 

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