Recovery of silver from X-ray film processing effluents using trimercapto-s-triazine (TMT)

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2231-2238

  Yazici, Ersin Yener ^a   Deveci, Haci ^a   Yazici, Ridvan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Recovery; Silver; Taguchi; Trimercapto s triazine (TMT); Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ORTHOGONAL DESIGN; REGULATORY LIMIT; SILVER CONCENTRATION; TAGUCHI; THIOSULPHATES; TRIMERCAPTO-S-TRIAZINE (TMT);

EFFLUENTS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECOVERY; WASTE TREATMENT;

SILVER;

EID: 80053004845     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2011.595032     Document Type: Article

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