Recovery of nickel from spent industrial catalysts using chelating agents

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2014-2024

  Vuyyuru, Koteswara R ^a,b   Pant, Kamal K ^a   Krishnan, Venkatesan V ^a   Nigam, Krishna D P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA PLANTS; CHELATING AGENT; DISODIUM SALT; EDTA COMPLEX; EDX ANALYSIS; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; INDUSTRIAL CATALYST; INITIAL WEIGHTS; MINERAL ACID; NI RECOVERY; NICKEL NITRATE; PRE-TREATMENT; PROTONATED; SOLID-TO-LIQUID RATIO; SPENT CATALYST; STEAM REFORMER; STIRRING SPEED; SULFATE SOLUTIONS; WEIGHT LOSS;

ACIDS; BOILERS; CATALYSTS; CHELATION; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE VESSELS; PROTONATION; RECOVERY; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

METAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77749337686     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901406e     Document Type: Article

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