Reticulated vitreous carbon electrode for copper(II) removal from dilute acid solutions: Effect of the dissolved oxygen

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1400-1405

  Polcaro, A M ^a   Palmas, S ^a   Mascia, M ^a   Renoldi, F ^a   Correa Dos Santos, R L ^b  

^a Dept of Chem Eng and Materials ^*  (Italy)

^b CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA MINERAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; COPPER; DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; GAS ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN;

CARBON ELECTRODES;

CARBON;

ACID; COPPER ION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ACID MEDIUM; COPPER; REMOVAL;

ABSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRODE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032899086     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie980495p     Document Type: Article

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