Treatment and Minimization of Heavy Metal-Containing Wastes, 1995

This collection of papers is from the 1995 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition held in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 12-16, 1995. Focusing on fundamentals, industrial practices, new developments and economic issues that relate to the processing and minimization of wastes that are contaminated with heavy metals, this volume addresses the problems being encountered by a wide variety of industries. Topics of discussion aqueous processing; waste water treatment; thermal processing and stabilization; processing of fly ash, flue dusts and slags; and the processing of lead, mercury and battery wastes. Coverage decomposition of heavy metal-dodecylsulfate complexes generated by ion- and precipitate-flotation; full-scale biological treatment of heavy metal-contaminated ground water; thermal plasma treatment of industrial residues and waste; a recycling alternative to disposal; and composite anode for lead electrowinning from fluosilicic acid. Researchers and production personnel associated with the chemical, mining, metallurgical, electronic, recycling petroleum and defence industries should find this book useful.