摘要 |
Mercury salt-containing discharge effluents such as from B-5 fixatives and PVA fixatives are treated to remove mercury therefrom. The present method contemplates plates the addition of aluminum to the effluent to cause the precipitation of elemental mercury therefrom. The remaining effluent, after precipitation, can be decanted and post treated while recovering precipitated elemental mercury. The decanted effluent, once subjected to post treatment, by first rendering the effluent highly basic, is the neutralized. Neutralization causes the precipitation of sodium chloride. A water conditioner is then added thereto. Subsequently, the so-treated decanted effluent is then filtered through a filtering medium such as filter paper or the like. A second filtration step may then be carried out by passing the so-filtered effluent through a mixed bed or through a filter paper.
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