Waste wool as a scavenger for mercury pollution in waters /

Waste wool as a scavenger for mercury pollution in waters /

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Author / Creator:	Tratnyek, Joseph P.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1972.
Description:	vii, 49 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Water pollution control research series Water pollution control research series.
Subject:	Water -- Pollution. Mercury. Wool waste. Sorbents. Mercury Sorbents Water -- Pollution Wool waste
Format:	U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9979133

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Other authors / contributors:	Arthur D. Little, Inc. United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Monitoring.
Notes:	"Report date April 1972." Prepared for the Office of Research and Monitoring, Environmental Protection Agency under contract no. 68-01-0090. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	Laboratory studies demonstrated the feasibility of using waste wool and wool/polyester blend fibers to remove mercury pollution from waters and bottom deposits. Nylon fiber was shown to have limited potential. Within 24 hours, 90-95% of mercury at the 1-ppm level was removed by the wool fiber. At higher levels of mercury, larger quantities were removed, but the percentage decreased. Changes in pH (2 to 10) and temperature (5 to 35 C) did not markedly alter efficacy of wool, nor did anaerobic conditions or variation in water hardness. However, the presence of sulfide in water or sediment reduced effectiveness of wool. Sources of mercury were mercuric chloride, methyl mercuric chloride, phenyl mercuric acetate, bis (2-methoxyethyl) mercury, and dissolved metallic mercury.
Govt.docs classification:	EP 1.16:16080 HUB 04/72

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