Ultrasound mediated reduction of Cr(VI) using sludge obtained during electrocoagulation

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1523-1531

  Kathiravan, Mathur Nadarajan ^a   Muthukumar, Karuppan ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cr(VI) reduction; electrocoagulation sludge; sonolysis

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COAGULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PH EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXIC MATERIALS; ULTRASONICS; WASTEWATER;

CR REDUCTIONS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LOWER COST; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER; REDUCTION RATE; SONOLYSIS; TRIVALENT CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; FUNCTIONAL GROUP;

CHROMIUM; COAGULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRUG; ELECTROKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WASTEWATER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MORPHOLOGY; SLUDGE; ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PH; PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; WASTE WATER;

EID: 80052829451     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.543928     Document Type: Article

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