Electrochemical removal of selenate from aqueous solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2013, Pages 678-684

  Baek, Kitae ^a   Kasem, Naji ^b   Ciblak, Ali ^b   Vesper, Dorothy ^c   Padilla, Ingrid ^d   Alshawabkeh, Akram N ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Iron; Reduction; Remediation; Selenate

Indexed keywords

COPPER PLATE; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL REMOVAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; FERROUS HYDROXIDE; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; IRON ANODES; MAJOR FACTORS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIALS; OXYGEN GAS; REMOVAL RATE; SELENATE;

ANODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IRON; REDOX REACTIONS; REDUCTION; REMEDIATION;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84870668097     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.135     Document Type: Article

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