Abstract:
Chromium values are recovered from wash water following a chemical treatment step in electrotinplating lines in a process comprising treating in a cation exchange zone, treating in an anion exchange zone, regenerating the anion exchange zone, treating effluent from said regeneration in a cation exchange zone and passing effluent from the cation exchange zone to a storage zone, passing effluent from said regeneration to the storage zone without intermediate cation exchange treatment.
Abstract:
AMMONIA AND HYDROGEN CHLORIDE ARE RECOVERED FROM AMMONIUM CHLORIDE BY INTERACTION WITH MAGNESIUM OXIDE. THE MAGNESIUM OXIDE IS NOT LOST IN THE REACTION, BUT IS RECYCLED AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE FREE AMMONIA AND HYDROGEN CHLORIDE FIND UTILITY IN MANY INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, E.G., THE PRODUCTION ALKALI METAL BICARBONATES AND CARBONATES, ION EXCHANGE REGENERATION AND THE LIKE. TO BE OPERATIVE IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS, MGO MUST BE PREPARED UNDER CAREFULLY CONTROLLED CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE.