Browsing Faculty of Engineering by Subject "Cr(VI)"

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Aqueous solubility of Cr(VI) compounds in ferrochrome bag filter dust and the implications thereof

Du Preez, S.P.; Beukes, J.P.; Van Dalen, W.P.J.; Van Zyl, P.G.; Loock-Hattingh, M.M. (WRC, 2017)

The production of ferrochrome (FeCr) is a reducing process. However, it is impossible to completely exclude oxygen from all of the high-temperature production process steps, which may lead to unintentional formation of ...
Review of Cr(VI) environmental practices in the chromite mining and smelting industry: relevance to development of the Ring of Fire, Canada

Beukes, J.P.; Du Preez, S.P.; Van Zyl, P.G.; Paktunc, D.; Fabritius, T. (Elsevier, 2017)

During stainless steel production, new chromium units are obtained from ferrochrome, a relatively crude alloy produced from chromite ore. Large chromite reserves have recently been discovered in the so-called Ring of Fire, ...