Removal of various pollutants from wastewater by electrocoagulation using iron and aluminium electrode

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 352-358

  Yadav, Asheesh Kumar ^a   Singh, Lakhvinder ^b   Mohanty, Ayusman ^a   Satya, Santosh ^c   Sreekrishnan, T R ^c  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium electrode; Combined wastewater; Electrocoagulation; Iron electrode

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862152287     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.677560     Document Type: Article

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