Towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment

The treatment of heavy metals is based primarily on chemical coagulation and precipitation where substantial amounts of toxic sludge are normally generated. A study using an electrolytic processes has been carried out to recover heavy metals from a mixed plating bath in a metal finishing factory. Th...

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Main Authors: Ab. Hamid, Noor Hisham, Idris, Azni
Format: Article
Language:English
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Published: Elsevier 1996
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description The treatment of heavy metals is based primarily on chemical coagulation and precipitation where substantial amounts of toxic sludge are normally generated. A study using an electrolytic processes has been carried out to recover heavy metals from a mixed plating bath in a metal finishing factory. The unit uses a RETEC system consisting of a high surface area cell based on a simple theory of electrolysis and produces a very large surface area about 10–15 times the geometrical surface area of the cathode. This paper presents cases where 95% tin, lead, and 98% copper, nickel, and zinc were successfully recovered, and discusses economic considerations.
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spelling upm-352512024-08-08T04:09:15Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35251/ Towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment Ab. Hamid, Noor Hisham Idris, Azni The treatment of heavy metals is based primarily on chemical coagulation and precipitation where substantial amounts of toxic sludge are normally generated. A study using an electrolytic processes has been carried out to recover heavy metals from a mixed plating bath in a metal finishing factory. The unit uses a RETEC system consisting of a high surface area cell based on a simple theory of electrolysis and produces a very large surface area about 10–15 times the geometrical surface area of the cathode. This paper presents cases where 95% tin, lead, and 98% copper, nickel, and zinc were successfully recovered, and discusses economic considerations. Elsevier 1996-08 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35251/1/Towards%20a%20sludgeless%20heavy%20metal%20finishing%20industry%20for%20a%20cleaner%20environment.pdf text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35251/7/1-s2.0-S0011916496001373-main.pdf Ab. Hamid, Noor Hisham and Idris, Azni (1996) Towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment. Desalination, 106 (1-3). pp. 411-413. ISSN 0011-9164; ESSN: 1873-4464 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916496001373 10.1016/S0011-9164(96)00137-3
spellingShingle Ab. Hamid, Noor Hisham
Idris, Azni
Towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment
title Towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment
title_full Towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment
title_fullStr Towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment
title_full_unstemmed Towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment
title_short Towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment
title_sort towards a sludgeless heavy metal finishing industry for a cleaner environment
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