TP – 1192 An Introduction to Hazardous Groundwater Remediation by Precipitation for Professional Engineers

Description

All precipitation processes operate under the same fundamental chemical principles. Precipitation is a physical–chemical process, in which soluble metals and inorganics are converted to relatively insoluble metal and inorganic salts (precipitates) by the addition of a precipitating agent. Most often, an alkaline reagent is used to raise the solution pH to lower the solubility of the metallic constituent, and, thus, bring about precipitation.