A comparative study of electrocoagulation and chemical coagulation processes applied for wastewater treatment

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1517-1525

  Zaleschi, Laura ^a   Teodosiu, Carmen ^a   Cretescu, Igor ^a   Rodrigo, Manuel Andres ^b  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coagulants; Electrodes; Wastewater treatment; Water quality indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869987539     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2012.190     Document Type: Article

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