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      Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters: a review.

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      Journal of environmental management
      Elsevier BV

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          Heavy metal pollution has become one of the most serious environmental problems today. The treatment of heavy metals is of special concern due to their recalcitrance and persistence in the environment. In recent years, various methods for heavy metal removal from wastewater have been extensively studied. This paper reviews the current methods that have been used to treat heavy metal wastewater and evaluates these techniques. These technologies include chemical precipitation, ion-exchange, adsorption, membrane filtration, coagulation-flocculation, flotation and electrochemical methods. About 185 published studies (1988-2010) are reviewed in this paper. It is evident from the literature survey articles that ion-exchange, adsorption and membrane filtration are the most frequently studied for the treatment of heavy metal wastewater.

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          Journal
          J Environ Manage
          Journal of environmental management
          Elsevier BV
          1095-8630
          0301-4797
          Mar 2011
          : 92
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, PR China. fufenglian2006@163.com
          Article
          S0301-4797(10)00414-7
          10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.11.011
          21138785
          837fc6da-4873-4dc9-bd92-7b7f2101bcc5
          Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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