Mercury Removal Techniques for Industrial Waste Water

The current work focuses on rephrasing the harmful effects of mercury that is being released from a number of sources. Most of the sources are from the industrial waste water. Different techniques of mercury removal have been discussed and a brief comparison among these has been made. The experimental work has been conducted for two most widely used methods of mercury removal and comparison in terms of their efficiency has been made.

Authors:

• Amir Shafeeq
• Ayyaz Muhammad
• Waqas Sarfraz
• Ali Toqeer
• Shazib Rashid
• M. K. Rafiq

Keywords:

• Mercury
• Waste Water
• Adsorption.

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