Reduction of hexavalent chromium in aqueous medium with zerovalent iron

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-146

  Dutta, Ratnadeepa ^a   Mohammad, Sk Saker ^a   Chakrabarti, Sampa ^a   Chaudhuri, Basab ^a   Bhattacharjee, Sekhar ^a   Dutta, Binay K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Chromium(VI) reduction; Hexavalent chromium; Pseudo first order reaction; Zerovalent iron

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DUST; ELECTROPLATING SHOPS;

CHROMIUM REDUCTION; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETIC MODEL; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

IRON;

CHROMIUM; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; IRON;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHROMIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; IRON; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; TIME;

EID: 76149084499     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X426013     Document Type: Article

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