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Removal and Recycling of Fluoride from Wastewater from a Nonferrous Metallurgy Plant

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This study investigated the effect of different variables on fluoride removal from wastewater from a nonferrous metallurgy plant. The results indicate that the residual fluoride concentration of the filtered solution was lower than 8 mg/l when the optimum conditions were used, where the process was performed at 35°C for 40 min, the quantity of seed crystals was 10 g/l, and the excessive calcium concentration was 300 mg/l in the solution. Actual treatment performance for the effluent was tested, and the fluoride concentration fulfills the industrial discharge standard of China. The contents of calcium fluoride obtained were 95.86% and 96.52%, respectively, by chemical analysis and XRF. The particle size distribution was from 1.558 µm to 35.235 µm. It is also feasible to recycle calcium fluoride by the induced crystallization process.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51904131).

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Cui, P., Qin, B. Removal and Recycling of Fluoride from Wastewater from a Nonferrous Metallurgy Plant. JOM 74, 3111–3118 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05359-0

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