Pulp and paper manufacture: Pulp friction cleans up 'Brockovich' chemical

Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 13:01 in Physics & Chemistry

A byproduct of the manufacture of pulp using the sulfite process for making paper, sodium lignosulfonate, can be used to immobilize and soak up toxic chromium compounds from soil and water, according to new research.

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