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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Chen, Jiaping Paul (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2013]
SeriesAdvances in industrial and hazardous wastes treatment series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1439816689
9781439816684
9781628706710
1628706716
9781439816677
1439816670
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 435 pages) : illustrations

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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.