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Data for decontamination of soil using steam

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2024-11-12
The data are for the four phases of soil column testing, and include the colony forming unit (CFU) results and the steam and temperature data. Refer to the data dictionary for more details. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Wood, J., T. Chamberlain, A. Touati, D. Aslett, A. Abdel-Hady, M. Monge, W. Calfee, A. Mikelonis, E. Silvestri, S. Serre, and C. Hintz. Decontamination of soil contaminated at the surface with Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) surrogate spores using steam vapor. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Larchmont, NY, USA, 42(2): 92-102, (2025).

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  • 2023-01-03 soil pouches on top Sandy steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-06-13 unsealed loamy CFU data.xlsx

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  • 2023-06-13 unsealed loamy steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-06-21 unsealed sandy CFU data.xlsx

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  • 2023-06-21 unsealed sandy steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-06-28 unsealed clay CFU data.xlsx

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  • 2023-06-28 unsealed clay steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-07-21 Moistened Sandy soil steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-07-31 Moistened Loamy steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-08-07 Moistened Clay soil steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-08-22 Sealed Loamy CFU data.xlsx

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  • 2023-08-22 sealed loamy steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-08-24 Sealed Sandy steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-08-24 Sealed sandy CFU data.xlsx

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  • 2023-08-29 sealed clay steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-08-29_Sealed Clay CFU data.xlsx

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  • 2023-11-28 soil pouches on top Loamy CFU data JPW.xlsx

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  • 2023-11-28 soil pouches on top Loamy steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-12-05 soil pouches on top Clay steam data.xlsx

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  • 2023-12-05 soil pouches on top clay CFU replate data JPW.xlsx

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  • 2024-01-03 soil pouches on top Sandy CFU data JPW.xlsx

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Complete Metadata
accessLevel public
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description The data are for the four phases of soil column testing, and include the colony forming unit (CFU) results and the steam and temperature data. Refer to the data dictionary for more details. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Wood, J., T. Chamberlain, A. Touati, D. Aslett, A. Abdel-Hady, M. Monge, W. Calfee, A. Mikelonis, E. Silvestri, S. Serre, and C. Hintz. Decontamination of soil contaminated at the surface with Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) surrogate spores using steam vapor. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Larchmont, NY, USA, 42(2): 92-102, (2025).
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identifier https://doi.org/10.23719/1531853
keyword 
                                            [
  "Bacillus anthracis",
  "Decontamination",
  "Steam",
  "anthrax",
  "homeland security",
  "soil"
]
license https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html
modified 2024-11-12
programCode 
                                            [
  "020:000"
]
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)",
  "subOrganizationOf": {
    "name": "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency",
    "subOrganizationOf": {
      "name": "U.S. Government"
    }
  }
}
references 
                                            [
  "https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2024.0195"
]
rights 
                                            null
title Data for decontamination of soil using steam

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