Determination of the effective thickness of a porous electrode in a flow-through reactor; effect of the specific surface area of stainless steel fibres, used as a porous cathode, during the deposition of Ag(I) ions

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 98-103

  Nava, J L ^a   Oropeza, M T ^b   Ponce de Leon C ^c   Gonzalez Garcia J ^d   Frias Ferrer A J ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b TIJUANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Mexico)

^c Research Institute for Industry (RIFI)   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrode thickness; Fixed bed electrode reactor; Flow through; Packed bed electrode; Potential distribution; Potential drop; Silver ion

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DEPOSITION; HYDROGEN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ELECTRODE THICKNESS; FLOW THROUGH; PACKED BED ELECTRODES;

METAL IONS;

EID: 40849094309     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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