Methodology

Once removed from contaminated buildings, asbestos are stored under draconian conditions as hazardous waste, or inerting (made amorphous) through a technology involving a very high temperature.

We have demonstrated, through laboratory guideline, that our products are able to track water and low temperatures (80 - 100 ° c), to destroy the asbestos crystalline structure, including chrysotile, and transform it into an amorphous material without dangerousness character.

The transformation kinetics is relatively slow.

We are currently working with a laboratory targeting its optimization and its development through a pilot scale.

Crystalline structure destruction visually observed :

    1 hour                                                  24 hours                                     10 days

Pieces of braid chrysotile asbestos are immersed at room temperature, without agitation, in a solution of ATP Sol 1 (Ratio 10/90). 

Result  
 
1) It leads to a macroscopic decomposition the chrysotile asbestos braid, which loses its solidity, which corresponds to the collapse of crystalline initial texture.

2) This finding was confirmed by comparative structure analyses (before and after treatment) X-ray diffraction (see below)