A Preliminary Investigation on the Mechanochemical Degradation of 2,6 Dichlorophenol in Simulated Sandy Soils: Modeling End Experiments

The possibility to degrade 2,6 - Dichlorophenol (2,6 DCP) in matrices simulating sandy soil via ball milling was investigated in this work. The experiments showed that under specific operating conditions a successful degradation of 2,6 DCP could be achieved even when its concentration in the simulated sandy soil was very high. The obtained experimental results were well interpreted by a mathematical model to provide a useful tool to develop a software to design, control and optimize the process at the industrial scale.