Process for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution

Details Process for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution Process for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution

1981-12-10

1984-02-21

Wyse, Thomas G.

Liquid purification or separation

Processes

Making an insoluble substance or accreting suspended...

210727, 210739, 210912, C02F 162

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044328800

ABSTRACT:
A process is described for the removal of one or more heavy metals from an aqueous system containing at least two heavy metals by the addition of a soluble sulfide to precipitate at least one of said heavy metals as the sulfide thereof, which comprises adding an amount of soluble sulfide statistically determined to be sufficient to precipitate as the sulfide substantially all of at least one heavy metal to the limits of its metal sulfide solubility; said statistically determined amount of soluble sulfide being less than the amount required to precipitate as the metal sulfide at least one other heavy metal in said system having a soluble sulfide equilibrium concentration sufficiently higher than that of said selected heavy metal to thus permit selective precipitation of said selected metal and of any other heavy metals present having lower sulfide equilibrium solubility concentrations than that of the selected heavy metal, wtih said precipitation being to the limits of the metal sulfide solubilities; and precipitating at least a portion of at least one heavy metal remaining in said system after said sulfide precipitation by a means other than by sulfide precipitation whereby an aqueous effluent is obtained which contains no sulfide.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3740331 (1973-06-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 4278539 (1981-07-01), Santhanam et al.
patent: 4329224 (1982-05-01), Kin
Kim "Treatment of Metal Containing Wastewater by Sulfide Precipitation," presented at AICHE 73rd Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., Nov. 16-20, 1980.

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