Removal of chromium (VI) from industrial waste water by electrocoagulation

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-312

  Mahesh, G ^a   Narayanan, N Vivek ^a   Arivazhagan, M ^a   Sivashanmugam, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chromium(VI); Electrocoagulation; Iron Aluminium electrodes; Synthetic effluent

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148861657     PISSN: 02537141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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