University of Kentucky
Applications of Basic Chemistry to Everyday Life: Study of 1,3-benzenediamidoethaneothiol in the Chemical Precipitation of Nickel with Future Insight for Wastewater Treatment.
Institution
University of Kentucky
Faculty Advisor/ Mentor
David Atwood
Abstract
Heavy metals pollution in water comes mainly from industrial discharges that contain nickel, mercury, copper, cadmium, and zinc among other metals. Many of the remediation efforts used to treat contaminated water are expensive and ineffective. A new approach utilizes a series of substances named collectively as MetX (1,3- benzenediamidoethanethiol). The effectiveness of MetX has been proven in the precipitation of Cd, Hg, and Pb in multiple lab studies as well as in wastewater samples. The present work is intended to prove the efficiency of MetX in precipitating nickel from both laboratory samples, as well as determining the likely stability of the metal-ligand complexes both on the immediate and medium terms.
Applications of Basic Chemistry to Everyday Life: Study of 1,3-benzenediamidoethaneothiol in the Chemical Precipitation of Nickel with Future Insight for Wastewater Treatment.
Heavy metals pollution in water comes mainly from industrial discharges that contain nickel, mercury, copper, cadmium, and zinc among other metals. Many of the remediation efforts used to treat contaminated water are expensive and ineffective. A new approach utilizes a series of substances named collectively as MetX (1,3- benzenediamidoethanethiol). The effectiveness of MetX has been proven in the precipitation of Cd, Hg, and Pb in multiple lab studies as well as in wastewater samples. The present work is intended to prove the efficiency of MetX in precipitating nickel from both laboratory samples, as well as determining the likely stability of the metal-ligand complexes both on the immediate and medium terms.