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Mercury Removal by Activated Carbon Process

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In contrast to all other metals, mercury is in the liquid state at room temperature and has a relatively high vapour pressure. As mercury or mercury-contaminated raw materials are used in numerous industrial processes, mercury is often released into waste water and waste air. Mercury emissions mainly originate from the following processes /1/:

  • installations for fossile fuel and waste combustion

  • alkalichloride-electrolyses according to the mercury-cell process

  • battery and catalyst factories

  • production of mercury-containing chemicals and fungicides

  • production of electric switches, measuring instruments and fluorescent lamps

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  1. Bergbau-Forschung GMBH, Essen 13, D-4300, Germany

    K.-D. Henning, K. Keldenich & K. Knoblauch

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  1. TNO Division of Technology for Society, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

    K. J. A. De Waal (chairman) (chairman)

  2. TNO Corporate Communication Department, The Hague, The Netherlands

    W. J. Van Den Brink (secretary) (secretary)

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Henning, KD., Keldenich, K., Knoblauch, K. (1987). Mercury Removal by Activated Carbon Process. In: De Waal, K.J.A., Van Den Brink, W.J. (eds) Environmental Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3663-8_36

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