Abstract: Treatment of effluent containing cayanide is disclosed wherein a mixture of H.sub.2 SO.sub.4 and H.sub.2 O.sub.2 with between 0.01 and 0.5 moles of H.sub.2 SO.sub.4 per mole of H.sub.2 O.sub.2 is used.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 17, 1988
Date of Patent:
April 10, 1990
Assignee:
Degussa Aktiegesellschaft
Inventors:
Andrew Griffiths, M. Quamrul Ahsan, Roy Norcross, Helmut Knorre, Friedrich W. Merz