Novel Application of an Integrated System to Remove/Recover Heavy Metals from Aqueous Environment KU Leuven
Environmental pollution, particularly from hazardous heavy metals and minerals (Cu, Cr, and Ni), is an important societal problem. Many of these elements are stable and bioaccumulative. The removal of toxic heavy metal ions present in industrial wastewater, domestic and nuclear waste has been given much attention in the last decades, because of their tendency to accumulate in living organisms and induce harmful effects to natural resources. ...