The recovery and recycling of mercury from fluorescent lamps using photocatalytic techniques

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-484

  Bussi, Juan ^a,b   Cabrera, María Noel ^a   Chiazzaro, José ^a   Canel, Carolina ^a   Veiga, Santiago ^b   Florencio, Carlos ^b   Dalchiele, Enrique A ^a   Belluzzi, Marcelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Fluorescent lamps; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Mercury; Sodium hypochlorite

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; HAZARDOUS EFFECTS; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HUMAN BEING; LIVING ORGANISMS; MERCURY; MERCURY REMOVAL; ORGANIC AGENT; PH ADJUSTMENT; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; RESIDUAL CONCENTRATIONS; SELECTIVE REDUCTION; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; SOLID FORMS; WHOLE PROCESS;

BIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; HYDROMETALLURGY; LIGHTING; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RECYCLING; SODIUM; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CITRIC ACID; FERRIC ION; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IRON; MERCURY; OXIDIZING AGENT; REDUCING AGENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACIDITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEACHING; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; REACTOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77949520116     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2313     Document Type: Article

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