In the United States, the steel industry produces hundreds of millions of gallons of acid waste per year. One boiler’s acid clean-out alone might result in 300,000 gallons of waste acid.1 The magnitude of waste acids of varying concentrations and the increasing environmental concern and regulations by governmental agencies necessitate increasing concern in acid waste disposal systems and in environmental safety of chemical additives of these acids.
Subject
Acids,
Test methods,
Acid inhibitors,
Water,
Toxicity,
Surfactants,
Mixtures,
Amines,
Corrosion inhibitors,
Steel,
Ethylene,
Waste disposal,
Wastes
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1975
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