Air Oxidation of Aqueous Cyanides in a Countercurrent Fixed Bed Reactor

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 273-276

  Alicilar, Ahmet ^a   Kömürcü, Melih ^a   Murathan, Atilla ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Fixed Bed Reactor; Oxidation; Water Pollution

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC REACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OXIDATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER POLLUTION;

LIQUID FLOW RATES;

CYANIDES;

EID: 0141842699     PISSN: 02561115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02698413     Document Type: Article

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