creator Bridges, Jack E. creator Sresty, Guggilam C. creator Dev, Harsh A method for removing a contaminant from a treatment region of a contaminated region of a site in the earth having water therein and being contaminated with the contaminant includes heating the earth by establishing an electric field through the treatment region. The electric field gives rise to an electric conduction or displacement current through the treatment region. The electric current electrically heats at least a portion of the treatment region to a temperature below the boiling point of water to evaporate the water. A vacuum is drawn in a nether region of the site to collect water vapor evolved from the water and contaminant vapor evolved from the contaminant by movement of air from the surface of the earth, while the water vapor strips the contaminant from the earth. The contaminant vapor is disposed of in an innocuous manner. Submitted by Aric Ahrens (ahrens@iit.edu) on 2011-12-07T18:22:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 5664911.pdf: 822153 bytes, checksum: 943c08878135b895ebd757a7631ef251 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-12-07T18:22:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5664911.pdf: 822153 bytes, checksum: 943c08878135b895ebd757a7631ef251 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1997-09-09 IIT Research Institute 2009-05-11 1997-09-09 5,664,911 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2393 en United States Patent Patent reformatted digital application/pdf No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ Open Access