The thesis consists of a summarizing review, the following articles and some unpublished data.
I Rämö J & Sillanpää M (2001) Degradation of EDTA by hydrogen peroxide in alkaline conditions. J. Cleaner Prod. 9: 191-195.
II Sillanpää M & Rämö J (2001) Decomposition of β -alaninediacetic acid and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid by hydrogen peroxide in alkaline conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 35: 1379-1384.
III Rämö J, Sillanpää M, Orama M, Vickackaite V & Niinistö L (2000) Chelating ability and solubility of DTPA, EDTA and β -ADA in alkaline hydrogen peroxide environment. J. Pulp Paper Sci. 26(4): 125-131.
IV Saarinen K, Korvela T & Rämö J (1995) Corrosion performance of titanium in alkaline hydrogen peroxide environments. 8th World Conference on Titanium, Birmingham, UK, 22-26 October 1995, London, Institute of Materials, 9 p.
V Rämö J, Saarinen K & Sillanpää M (2002) Uniform corrosion of titanium in alkaline hydrogen peroxide conditions; influence of transition metals and inhibitors. Mater. Corr. 53: 898-901.
VI Sillanpää M, Rämö J, Piepponen S & Rahikkala A (2002) Metal analysis in pulps by ICP-AES: Practical aspects of on-line determination. Pap. Timber 84: 116-119.
VII Rämö J, Sillanpää M, Klasila T & Piepponen S (2001) Determination of Mn, Fe, and Cu in chemically-treated wood pulps by the XRF addition method. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 370: 1105-1108.
VIII Rämö J & Sillanpää M (2003) Impact of temperature, atmospheric carbon dioxide and ion strength adjustor on ion selective analysis of pH, calcium and sodium. Appita J., in press.
IX Vazquez M, Mikhelsson K, Piepponen S, Rämö J, Sillanpää M, Ivaska A, Lewenstam A & Bobacka J (2001) Determination of Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Cl- ions in wood pulp suspensions using ion-selective electrodes.Electroanalysis 13: 1119-1124.
X Sillanpää M, Vickackaite V, Rämö J & Niinistö L (1998) Determination of β -alaninediacetic acid in waste waters and aquatic environment using GC-NPD. Analyst 123: 2161-2165.
XI Tuulos-Tikka S, Sillanpää M & Rämö J (2000) Determination of nitrilotriacetic acid in waste and natural waters. Intern. J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 77(3): 221-232.
The research work described in these articles has been performed in VTT, Helsinki University of Technology and in University of Oulu during the years 1994-2002. Author’s role was to plan and carry out the research as well as to prepare the manuscripts. Articles I and II describe decomposition and article III solubility properties of synthetic chemicals already during an industrial process. Articles IV and V deal with corrosion of common construction material at the same circumstances. Further, articles VI, XII, XIII and XI report analytical methods for controlling the process and reduce emissions. Analytical methods reported in articles X and XI can be utilized in environmental analytics, too.