Studies on a Mg-Al-Zn alloy as an anode for the removal of fluoride from drinking water in an electrocoagulation process

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 372-378

  Vasudevan, Subramanyan ^a   Lakshmi, Jothinathan ^a   Sozhan, Ganapathy ^a  

^a CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Electrocoagulation; Fluoride

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENSITY; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; PH; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; ZINC;

EID: 69549104705     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900031     Document Type: Article

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