Investigation of advanced techniques to remove low-level mercury from pulp and paper mill effluents

NCASI Technical Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 870, 2004, Pages

  Merrill, Douglas T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenic; Cadmium; Copper chromium; Electrocoagulation; Great Lakes Initiative (GLI); Lead; Mercury; Metals; Nanofiltration; Nickel; Precipitation; Reverse osmosis; Selective ion exchange; Treatment; Ultrafiltration; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BLEACHING; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GASEOUS EFFLUENTS; ION EXCHANGE; KRAFT PROCESS; LAKES; MERCURY (METAL); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER QUALITY;

COPPER CHROMIUM; ELECTROCOAGULATION; GREAT LAKES INITIATIVES (GLI); LOW-LEVEL MERCURY; SELECTIVE ION EXCHANGE;

PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

EFFLUENTS; MERCURY; PAPER MILLS; PULP MILLS; REMOVAL;

EID: 1942485407     PISSN: 08860882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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