Electrochemical Disposal of Hydrazines in Water

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-1790
Published May 01, 2007 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
Language:
  • English

An electrochemical method of disposal of hydrazines dissolved in water has been devised. The method is applicable to hydrazine (N2H4), to monomethyl hydrazine [also denoted by MMH or by its chemical formula, (CH3)HNNH2], and to unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine [also denoted UDMH or by its chemical formula, (CH3)2NNH2]. The method involves a room-temperature process that converts the hydrazine to the harmless products N2, H2O, and, in some cases, CO2. In comparison with prior methods of disposing of hydrazines, the present method is safer and less expensive.