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Permselective membrane research for stainless steel pickle liquors.

Horter GL; Stephenson JB; Dressel WM

Recycle and secondary recovery of metals: proceedings of the International Symposium on Recycle and Secondary Recovery of Metals and the Fall Extractive and Process Metallurgy Meeting, December 1-4, 1985, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Taylor PR, Sohn HY, Jarrett N, eds. Warrendale, PA: Metallurgical Society, 1987 Feb; :467-475

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Acid pickling of stainless steel annually generates approximately 30 million gallons of depleted nitric acid-hydrofluoric acid solutions as an undesirable byproduct. Disposal of these acid solutions significantly increases the cost of manufacturing stainless steel. Recent advances in ion-selective membrane technology have opened new avenues to economically regenerate these acid solutions as an alternative to disposal. Experimental work has indicated that an electrodialysis cell utilizing ion-selective membranes has potential for separating dissolved metals from depleted pickling acid solutions, allowing the acids to be regenerated for return to the pickling process.

Waste-treatment; Acids; Steel-industry

19870201

OP; Conference/Symposia Proceedings

Taylor PR; Sohn HY; Jarrett N

1987

9780873390071

OP 19-86

RORC

Recycle and secondary recovery of metals: proceedings of the International Symposium on Recycle and Secondary Recovery of Metals and the Fall Extractive and Process Metallurgy Meeting, December 1-4, 1985, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

MO; PA