Process for cleaning mercury-contaminated soils

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B07B 1/00 (2006.01) B03C 1/00 (2006.01) B09C 1/00 (2006.01) B09C 1/02 (2006.01) C22B 7/00 (2006.01) C22B 43/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2301729

The present invention relates to a process for cleaning mercury-contaminated soils that is simple, efficient and safe to use. This process can also be used to clean soils contaminated with additional metals, such as zinc, copper and lead, at a lower pH. The invention involves treating the contaminated soils with liquid hypochlorite in a continuous counter-current process.

L'invention concerne un procédé de nettoyage de sols contaminés par du mercure qui est simple, efficace et d'utilisation sûre. Le procédé peut également être utilisé pour nettoyer des sols contaminés par des métaux supplémentaires, tels que du zinc, du cuivre et du plomb, à un pH inférieur. L'invention comporte l'étape consistant à traiter les sols contaminés à l'aide d'hypochlorite liquide dans un processus continu à contre-courant.

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