Generation of hydrogen peroxide and removal of cyanide from solutions using ultrasonic waves

Desalination

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 209-221

  Yazici, E Y ^a   Deveci, H ^a   Alp, I ^a   Uslu, T ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Environment; Hydrogen peroxide; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CYANIDES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRADIATION; REMOVAL; SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CYANIDE REMOVAL; ULTRASONIC INTENSITY; ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION; ULTRASONIC TREATMENT;

ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CYANIDES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRADIATION; REMOVAL; SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ALKALINITY; CYANIDE; EFFLUENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 34748860312     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.12.018     Document Type: Article

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