Chemical treatment of spent carbon liners used in the electrolytic production of aluminum

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-21

  Pulvirenti, April L ^a,c   Mastropietro, Christopher W ^a   Barkatt, Aaron ^a   Finger, Stanley M ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Duratek Inc   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum production; Carbon liners; Cyanide; Fluoride; Leaching; TCLP

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON; CYANIDE; FLUORIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; ELECTROLYSIS; METAL INDUSTRY; PH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029978004     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3894(95)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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