Abstract:Leather tanning mainly depends on chrome tanning. A huge amount of basic chromium sulfate (BCS) is used in leather tanning. About 60–70% of BCS has been taken by leather and the rest of the amount is discharged as effluent and solid waste. In the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) of BSCIC Tannery Industrial Estate (Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka), the effluent which contained a high concentration of chromium is precipitated as solid chromium hydroxide with other elements which is called a chrome cake. Chrome ca… Show more
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