The application of reticulated vitreous carbon rotating cylinder electrodes to the removal of cadmium and copper ions from solution

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 946-953

  Reade, Gavin W ^a,c   Bond, Peter ^a,d   Ponce de Leon, Carlos ^b   Walsh, Frank C ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c Regenesys Technologies   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batch electrolysis; Cadmium deposition; Cd(II) ion removal; Chloride electrolytes; Copper deposition; Cu(II) ion removal; Electrode area; Mass transport; Potentiostatic deposition; Reticulated vitreous carbon (RVC); Rotating cylinder electrode (RCE); Sulfate electrolytes; Three dimensional electrodes

Indexed keywords

CUPRIC IONS; DENDRITIC GROWTHS; RETICULATED VITREOUS CARBON (RVC);

CARBON; COPPER; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); IONS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CARBON; CHLORIDE; COPPER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORPHOLOGY; PH; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 4444233931     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1097     Document Type: Article

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