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Effluent treatment

US4622149A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1985
Grant dateNov 11, 1986
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S210/912
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process in which ferric ion in water-soluble form is added to an effluent containing cyanide, arsenic and antimony and having a pH of about 5 to 9 and treating effluent with SO.sub.2 and oxygen in the presence of soluble copper to produce a treated effluent having very low contents of cyanide, arsenic and antimony.

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