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Treatment process for contaminated waste

US5877393A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 14, 1997
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA62D2101/43
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for treating contaminated waste to stabilize environmentally harmful heavy metals. The waste is contacted with a mixture of a sulfide, preferably calcium sulfide, an inorganic phosphate, which prevents oxidation of sulfide, and a base that at least includes calcium hydroxide. The process stabilizes harmful, heavy metal materials in the waste but avoids the prior art disadvantage of emitting hydrogen sulfide.

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