Removal of arsenic from wastewaters by airlift electrocoagulation. Part 1: Batch reactor experiments

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 212-224

  Hansen, Henrik K ^a   Nuñez, Patricio ^a   Jil, Cesar ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Airlift reactor; Current density; Electric field; Iron electrodes; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER SMELTING; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODES; METAL IONS; OXIDATION;

AIRLIFT REACTOR; IRON ELECTRODES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER SMELTING; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODES; METAL IONS; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COAGULATING; OXIDATION; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

EID: 38849187330     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390701626859     Document Type: Article

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