Oxidation of sulphides in tannery wastewater by use of manganese [IV] oxide

Virgilijus Valeika, K. Beleška, V. Valeikiene

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies · 2006 · 21 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Oneofthemethodsofdetoxificationofsulphidesinwastewater� (WW)� oftanneriescouldbetheir� oxidationbyuseofMnO 2 . this material, as well as the product of the chemical reaction between sulphides andthismaterialisnotleftinWWanddoesnotpolluteit. TheamountofsulphidesandthepHofsolutionhaveaninfluenceonoxidationprocessduration;�it� islongerwhenthesulphideamountandpHintheWWishigher.�Optimaltemperatureofthetreatmentis� 30°c. oxidation goes faster if the size of Mno 2�� particlesdoesnotexceed�0.1�mm. ThepossibilitiesofrepeateduseofMnO 2 �wereinvestigated.�ThestableefficiencyoftheMnO 2 �couldbe� obtained by putting at first 0.5% of Mno 2� and additionally 0.05% of Mno 2 �ofthesolutionmassforevery� followingcycleofthetreatment.

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