Remediation of heavy metals in the environment
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CALL NO : TD196.M4 R386 2017
IMPRINT : Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2017
This book provides in-depth coverage of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends in waste treatment processes. It delineates methodologies, technologies, and the regional and global effects of important pollution control practices. It focuses on toxic heavy metals in the environment, various heavy metal decontamination technologies, brownfield restoration, and industrial, agricultural, and radioactive waste management. It discusses the importance of metals such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, nickel, iron, and mercury.
- Provides all the necessary technical information on industrial and hazardous waste treatment, and will comprise the best available reference set in the fields of chemical and environmental engineering, pertaining to the remediation of heavy metal contaminants
- Includes coverage of nanotechnology applications for environmental remediation
- Provides broad coverage of both basic and advanced principals and applications
- Offers remediation processes for both soil and water
- Presents information on the remediation of brownfield industrial sites
