Elimination of inorganic mercury from waste waters using crandallite-type compounds

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-405

  Monteagudo, José Maria ^a   Durán, Antonio ^a   Carmona, Manuel S ^a   Schwab, Roland G ^b   Higueras, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crandallite; Ion exchange; Mercury; Waste waters

Indexed keywords

HEAT TREATMENT; ION EXCHANGE; MERCURY (METAL); SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CRANDALLITE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; CALCIUM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURIC NITRATE; MERCURY; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PROTON; STRONTIUM;

ION EXCHANGE; MERCURY; MINE WATER; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTHERM; LABORATORY; METAL RECOVERY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0242668711     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.802     Document Type: Article

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