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A Study on the Precipitation-Based Removal of Heavy Metals and Sludge Reduction from Electroplating Wastewater Using FeS4

Korean Journal of Environmental Health Sciences 2025 Score: 38 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Seungwook Jung, Hyun-Sang Shin

Summary

Researchers investigated a precipitation-based method using FeS4 for removing heavy metals from electroplating wastewater while simultaneously reducing sludge generation. The study evaluated the efficiency of this chemical precipitation approach as a treatment strategy for the toxic metal-laden effluents characteristic of electroplating operations.

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