The use of air fuel cell cathodes to remove contaminants from spent chromium plating solutions

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-49

  Huang, K L ^a   Holsen, T M ^b   Chou, T C ^c   Yang, M C ^c  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chromic acid; Contaminant removal; Electrolysis; Fuel cell cathode

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATES; DEPOSITS; ELECTROLYSIS; FUEL CELLS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; LEAD OXIDE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL;

CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM ELECTROPLATING; CHROMIUM PLATING SOLUTIONS; CONSTANT CURRENT; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; FUEL CELL CATHODES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; NAFION MEMBRANE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FUEL; IRON; LEAD; LEAD CHROMATE; NICKEL; PLATINUM;

COPPER; ELECTROLYSIS; IRON; MEMBRANE; METAL PLATING; NICKEL; REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECTROMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 1542286026     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330409355436     Document Type: Article

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