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Recycling of Acidic Etching Waste Solution Containing Heavy Metals by Nanofiltration (I): Evaluation of Acid Stability of Commercial Nanofiltration Membranes  

Youm, Kyung-Ho (Department of Industrial Engineering Chemistry, Chungbuk National University)
Shin, Hwa-Sup (Department of Industrial Engineering Chemistry, Chungbuk National University)
Jin, Cheon-Deok (Research & Development Center of SCT Co. Ltd.)
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Membrane Journal / v.19, no.4, 2009 , pp. 317-323 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study the nanofiltration (NF) membrane treatment of a nitric acid waste solutions containing $Pb^{+2}$ heavy metal ion discharging from the etching processes of an electronics and semiconductors industry has been studied for the purpose of recycling of nitric acid etching solutions. Three kinds of NF membranes (General Electric Co. Duraslick NF-4040 membrane, Dow Co. Filmtec LP-4040 membrane and Koch Co. SelRO MPS-34 4040 membrane) were tested for their separation efficiency (total rejection) of $Pb^{+2}$ ion and membrane stability in nitric acid solution. NF experiments were carried out with a dead-end membrane filtration laboratory system. The membrane permeate flux was increased with the increasing storage time in nitric acid solution and lowering pH of acid solution because of the enhancing of NF membrane damage by nitric acid. The membrane stability in nitric acid solution was more superior in the order of Filmtec LP-4040 < Duraslick NF-4040 < SelRO MPS-34 4040 membrane. The total rejection of Pb+2 ion was decreased with the increasing storage time in nitric acid solution and lowering the pH of acid solution. The total rejection of $Pb^{+2}$ ion after 4 months NF treatment was decreased from 95% initial value to 20% in the case of Duraslick NF-4040 membrane, from 85% initial value to 65% in the case of SelRO MPS-34 4040 membrane and from 90% initial value to 10% in the case of Filmtec LP-4040 membrane. These results showed that SelRO MPS-34 4040 NF membrane was more suitable for the treatment of an acidic etching waste solutions containing heavy metal ions.
Keywords
membrane filtration; nanofiltration; acidic etching solution; recycling of etching solution; rejection of heavy metals;
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