Priyadarshini, A.; Sahoo, N. K.; Mishra, S.; Sahoo, P. K.; Bhuyan, R. K.; Rout, P. R.; Tripathy, B. C.
(Nanoscale Advances, vol.8(3), 2026: 973-988)
Cyanide and phenol are considered the major toxic pollutants in coke-oven wastewater. Cyanide, at a pH less than 10, is converted to HCN gas (pKa = 9.2). Hence, cyanide treatment requires strongly alkaline conditions, i.e., ...