email: tmanning@valdosta.edu
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Thomas J. Manning is a faculty member in the chemistry department at
Valdosta State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida
in 1990 under Professor James D. Winefordner. He did most
of his Ph.D. research at Los Alamos National Lab (NM) in the
area of high resolution plasmachemistry. He held post-doctoral
positions at the National Research Center of Coal and Energy (WVU) and in
the lab of nuclear chemist Professor Greg Choppin (FSU). His research includes the recent
development of an economical ozone production process. He is also the Principle Investigator for the Laboratory of Physical Environmental Sciences (LPES) located at
VSU. LPES is an industry, government, and academic collaboration designed to
help solve industrial environmental problems.
email: tmanning@valdosta.edu |
Ozone ProductionWe have applied for a U.S. Patent for an economical ozone production system. This work was funded by the Georgia Pulp and Paper Consortium. Ozone, a strong oxidizing agent, is used to treat wastewater and in the bleaching process of paper. It is an environmentally friendly alternative to chlorinated species. We have also published A History of Patented Methods of Ozone Production from 1897 to 1997. Fullerene ProductionWe have applied for a U.S. Patent for an improved process and apparatus of producing spherical and tubular carbon allotropes from carbon containing compounds using a novel plasma system. Results of this research were presented at the United States Senate (Dirksen) this past spring (1998). Humic AcidWe regularly investigate thermodynamic parameters of metal-humic acid interaction. Studies to date have included measuring the bidning of calcium to HA (Gravely and Manning, Florida Scientist), fluoride binding to HA (Hayes, Carter, and Manning, J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry) and the affects that HA have on the solubility product constant of calcite and gypsum (Fiskus and Manning, Florida Scientist). MRI Contrast ReagentsWe have been investigating the pronation sequence of DTPA (Manning and Gravely, Spectroscopy Letters), the secondary binding of Ca II to the Gd-DTPA complex (Sprolden and Manning, Journal of Undergraduate Research) and have recently measured the protonation constants of Gd-DTPA by Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). | |
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