Mitigating The Negative Environmental Impacts Of Metal Finishing

Metal finishing is a method in which a surface is altered to another surface that is better than the previous one and acquires some desired qualities

. This method can be divided into two major operation i.e. electroplating and powder coating. The professionals use different chemicals to bestow a metal with a better (or desired) surface. These chemicals include some really very toxic solutions that help in the completion of metal finishing process but after this process is over, these are discharged in the open environment. This is where the role of these chemicals becomes negative because these can be harmful both for human beings and also for animals.

If we have a brief overview of the negative environmental impacts that these dangerous chemicals cause, we come to know that these chemicals are really very harmful to humans as well as animals. Metal finishers have to use toxic acids, bases, salts, hydrocarbons, and some metals that are really very harmful for human as well as animal health. For example, hexavalent chromium causes cancer in humans. When the process of metal finishing gets completed, the residue is discharged away. This residue is composed of the above mentioned toxic solutions. It has the ability to sustain its dangerous impacts and can seam through water to our crops, plants and trees thus can affect our food. Another risk involved in the usage of these chemicals is that these are highly flammable. So, if proper care is not taken, they will cause the huge destruction of human lives and property. Therefore, these processes should be done very carefully and only by the experienced professionals to avoid any risk.

So what can be the possible ways to avoid these dangerous environmental impacts of Metal Finishing process? The importance of this process is now an open secret. For example it has high demand for offering people to cost-effectively avoid the hassle of buying a new piece of automobile that has lost its looks, or gold jewelry through the process of gold plating. On the basis of this demand, it is for granted that metal finishing process will have more demand in future than it has today. However, the question of its negative impacts directly on environment and indirectly on humans and animals is still there. Despite the defined rules and regulations in different countries this question still remains unanswered.

A helpful suggestion in this regard is that Metal Finishing professionals should go for alternative methods. From alternative methods I mean they should go for such methods that would allow them to do the same activities but with alternate solutions. This will mitigate the overall negative impacts of metal finishing process on environment. The careful practices carried out during the process will help in mitigating these impacts. For example, if only trained professionals carry out the bathing process, it will help them not only to save their chemical solutions but also to avoid any mishap. Similarly, going for less hazardous solutions will help in achieving the specified goals.

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by: Alter Bob

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