Method for removing trace pollutants from aqueous solutions
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1. A method of substantially removing a trace metallic contaminant from a liquid containing the same, consisting of:
- continuously adding an oxidizing agent to a liquid containing up to 10-2 ppm of the contaminant to form an oxidized product which precipitates therefrom, with the conditions of the addition being selected to ensure that the precipitation of the oxidized product is homogeneous; and
continuously separating the homogeneous precipitated product from the liquid by allowing said precipitate to crystallize on the walls of a cylindrical container in which the method is carried out;
said contaminant being cobalt, nickel, manganese, thallium, iron (II), platinum, iridium, antimony, strontium, osmium, lead, tin, uranium, or plutonium; and
said oxidizing agent being an alkali or alkaline earth metal hypochlorite or a combination of an alkali or alkaline earth metal sulfite and O2.
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A method of substantially removing a trace metallic contaminant from a liquid containing the same comprises,
adding an oxidizing agent to a liquid containing a trace amount of a metallic contaminant of a concentration of up to about 10-1 ppm, the oxidizing agent being one which oxidizes the contaminant to form an oxidized product which is insoluble in the liquid and precipitates therefrom, and the conditions of the addition being selected to ensure that the precipitation of the oxidized product is homogeneous, and
separating the homogeneously precipitated product from the liquid.
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1. A method of substantially removing a trace metallic contaminant from a liquid containing the same, consisting of:
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continuously adding an oxidizing agent to a liquid containing up to 10-2 ppm of the contaminant to form an oxidized product which precipitates therefrom, with the conditions of the addition being selected to ensure that the precipitation of the oxidized product is homogeneous; and continuously separating the homogeneous precipitated product from the liquid by allowing said precipitate to crystallize on the walls of a cylindrical container in which the method is carried out; said contaminant being cobalt, nickel, manganese, thallium, iron (II), platinum, iridium, antimony, strontium, osmium, lead, tin, uranium, or plutonium; and said oxidizing agent being an alkali or alkaline earth metal hypochlorite or a combination of an alkali or alkaline earth metal sulfite and O2. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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