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Category: "WASTE & WASTEWATER TREATMENT, POLLUTION CONTROL"
123/75. Remove Copper from Plating Waste - September 23
617/14. Sludge from ETP plant - August 21
44241. Neutralization of Chrome after Plating - May 9
59691. Sodium Metabisulfite and its reaction with water - March 26
7063. Recovery of copper from electroforming solution - January 7
7245. How to treat BOD and COD in finishing wastewater - December 21
61620. How to deal with galvanizers waste acids
12215. Change Hexavalent to trivalent chrome? Chrome Reduction process - October 11
3932. Ion Exchange / DM plant calculations
• pH of DM water is a mystery - August 30
• Mixed bed De-ionization: How to separate cation resin from anion 2ND REQUEST - August 17
• Table of Water Resistivities
• Can RO water be used in manufacturing phosphatizing chemicals?
• Algae/Fungus/Biological Growth in Plating & Anodizing Rinse Tanks - June 17
• Removing Chrome Contamination from Glycol Cooling Loop - May 27
• Using waste pickle liquor (ferrous chloride & hydrochloric acid) to break an oil-in-water emulsion - May 22
• Filter to take zinc out of drain water so galvanized parts can be washed
• Cost of demineralizing water ("price per ton of water")
• High COD mixed bed polisher regeneration effluent
• Portable DI water columns fade at customer, but are fine when re-tested - March 28
• Cyanide Disposal/Destruction for school lab - March 11
• How to electrowin/recover copper (plating waste)
• Caustic & aluminum recovery from cleaning processes - February 21
• Recovery of copper from electroplating & etching solutions
• Recycling of Chrome Stripping solution (HCl) - December 30
• DM System Problem: Poor OBR, short SBA life
• TDS vs PPM vs. µS? - October 14
• Trivalent Chromium vs. Hexavalent -- what are the differences? - August 31
• Ferrous Chloride vs. ferric chloride for reducing H2S levels
• Defects on test panel left in the water - June 2
• Can Trivalent Chromium degrade into Hexavalent Chromium? - May 3