I agree with all these chemical means of disposal or management of wastes and
toxic compounds. But hope anyone, as has been mentioned on many occasions by
others, please check with your LOCAL waste/sewer/environmental/water entity.
Having worked a bit in Florida, California, Washington and
Hello,
For the disposal of Chromic acid see
https://www.chemistry.nus.edu.sg/PSSO/safety/Special%20Chemical%20Waste.htm
and
https://study.com/academy/lesson/chromic-acid-solution-preparation-disposal-hazards.html
(more
detailed).
You can precipitate the chrome as Cr(III) and store this solid
-Original Message-
From: Terri Braud via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 1:32 PM
To: 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Histonet] Chromic Acid Disposal
The best thing to do would be to contact either your city
The best thing to do would be to contact either your city chemist or the state
EPA inspector to be sure to be in compliance with all local regulations. A
reducing agent, such as sodium metabisulfite, sodium sulfite or sodium
thiosulfate can be used to turn CrO3 into the less toxic Cr(III)
