State of the art of technologies for metal removal from industrial effluents;Etat du developpement technologique en matiere d'enlevement des metaux des effluents industriels

Revue des Sciences de l'Eau

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 687-711

  Blais, J F ^a   Dufresne, S ^a   Mercier, G ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biosorption; Cementation; Electrowinning; Ion exchange; Membran es; Metal; Precipitation; Removal; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOSORPTION; CEMENTATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; METAL RECOVERY; PRECIPITATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; METALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

BIOSORPTION; CEMENTATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROWINNING; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; METAL REMOVAL; RECOVERY PROCESS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; METAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

EID: 0033359907     PISSN: 09927158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/705373ar     Document Type: Article

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