Removal of boron (B) from waste liquors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 73-79

  Jiang, J Q ^a   Xu, Y ^a   Simon, J ^b   Quill, K ^b   Shettle, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Boraz Europe Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boron; Electrocoagulation; Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCOAGULATION; WASTE LIQUORS;

COAGULATION; EFFLUENTS; ESTIMATION; REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

BORON;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; BORON; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

BORON; COAGULATION; EFFLUENTS; ESTIMATION; REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

BORON; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EFFLUENT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PH MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; BORON; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33745926167     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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