Electrochemical removal of copper ions from aqueous solutions using a modulated current method

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1205-1211

  Britto Costa, Pedro H ^a   Ruotolo, Lús A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Copper; Electrodeposition; Mass transfer coefficient; Reticulated vitreous carbon

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; COPPER ELECTRODEPOSITION; COPPER IONS; CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTROCHEMICAL REMOVAL; ELECTRODEPOSITION PROCESS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GALVANOSTATIC MODE; HIGH CURRENTS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; MASS TRANSFER RATE; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MODULATED CURRENT; ON CURRENTS; POROUS ELECTRODES; RETICULATED VITREOUS CARBON; TOXIC METALS;

COPPER; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; GLASSY CARBON; MASS TRANSFER; METAL IONS; SEWAGE;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 79957915456     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2010.546384     Document Type: Article

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