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Main Title U.S. Mercury Recyclers Provide Expanded Process Capabilities.
Author Queneau, P. B. ; Smith, L. A. ; Royer., M. D. ;
CORP Author Hazen Research, Inc., Golden, CO. ;Battelle, Columbus, OH.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.
Publisher cFeb 94
Year Published 1994
Report Number EPA-68-CO-0003; EPA/600/J-94/119;
Stock Number PB94-158805
Additional Subjects Mercury(Metal) ; Waste recycling centers ; Technology utilization ; Reprint ; Metal recycling ; Waste processing plants ; Materials recovery ; Separation processes ; Distillation ; Refining ; Retorting ; Waste treatment ;
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NTIS  PB94-158805 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The article summarizes the treatment capabilities of U.S. plants recovering mercury from a variety of secondaries. There are six non-captive U.S. operations that accept various types of mercury-containing secondaries and wastes for mercury recovery, not including those firms specializing in processing spent lamps. Two of these operations, Adrow Chemical and D.F. Goldsmith Metal and Chemical, specialize in distillation of > or = 99% flowable mercury; non-radioactive mercury assaying > or = 99% Hg is not a listed waste. One operation, Quicksilver Recycling, operates a physical separation circuit followed by distillation; the company's feedstock is primarily electronic scrap. Two firms, Bethlehem Apparatus and Mercury Refining, accept a wide variety of mercury secondaries and wastes for retorting and/or distillation. The only domestic recycler of radioactive mercury materials is NSSI/Recovery Services.