Toxicity identification of effluent from a semiconductor lead frame manufacturing factory

Jisu Yoo, Sae Bom Kim, Woo Keun Kim, Jinho Jung

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    Abstract

    The acute toxicity of lead frame effluent to Daphnia magna was found to be 22.62 TU, which far exceeded the toxicity discharge limit in Korea (<1 TU). TIE phases I and II result suggest that the mixture of Ag, Cu and CN were likely responsible for the observed toxicity, and this was confirmed by mass balance approach (TIE phase III). In addition, the Visual MINTEQ simulation suggested the presence of [Ag(CN)2]- and [Cu(CN)3]2- complexes in the effluent. Therefore, TIE procedures with chemical speciation modeling were effective for identifying the cause of acute toxicity in industrial effluents.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)494-498
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
    Volume20
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014 Mar 25

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government ( 2012R1A1A2041989 ).

    Keywords

    • Acute toxicity
    • Copper
    • Cyanide
    • Daphnia magna
    • Silver

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemical Engineering

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