The challenge: cyanide removal
A compound used in a variety of processes, cyanide is highly toxic to humans and to the environment. Its disposal can add a series of costly steps to an organization's operation, and to its bottom line.
Who needs an answer- and why?
Industries worldwide ranging from wafer manufacturing, PC board etching and LED manufacturing, clinical laboratories, and environmental engineering consulting firms who need to provide cost-effective, targeted solutions to their clients' cyanide removal concerns…
- To comply with increasingly stricter state and federal legislation regulating water use and discharge.
- To meet global standards for responsible industrial process water use and discharge.
- To avoid costly Superfund litigation.
- To eliminate or greatly reduce costly after-the-fact cleanups.
- To retain or acquire a business competitive advantage.
- To maintain a good corporate citizen image in front of their customer base, their stockholders, their employees, and the community in general.
- To contribute to humankind's well-being.
SolmeteX® manufactures MetallX™ from a non-toxic inorganic metal oxide, which contains charged molecular cavities that will very selectively - and irreversibly - bind cyanide.
MetallX™ rate of metal adsorption is extremely fast, allowing the application of the product to use much less space than conventional technologies. A smaller system requires less equipment, which requires less space, and results in less cost.
- Besides cyanide, it also directly adsorbs arsenate, chrome VI and other metal complexes such as EDTA and citrate.
- It treats to very low discharge levels.
- It requires a minimal capital expense and very low operational costs.
- The treatment material is non-toxic and it's fully contained.
- MetallX™ is totally maintenance-free.