Decontamination of heavy metals processes, mechanisms, and applications

"From crystallization to membrane filtration, this book covers a wide range of subjects relating to heavy metals in the environment. The author explores the treatment, removal, recovery, disposal, management, and modeling of heavy metals. The text covers heavy adsorption processes including met...

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Main Author Chen, Jiaping Paul
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.
SeriesAdvances in industrial and hazardous wastes treatment series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439816684
Physical Descriptionxvii, 435 p. : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Occurrence and importance of heavy metal contamination
  • 2. Pollution prevention : principles and applications
  • 3. Precipitation technology
  • 4. Precipitation-crystallization technology
  • 5. Reduction-oxidation processes
  • 6. Electrochemical technologies for heavy metal decontamination
  • 7. Adsorption : materials, chemistry, and applications
  • 8. Calculation of metal ion uptake in environmental systems.