Advanced oxidation phenomena in electrocoagulation process: a myth or a reality?

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 40-42, 2013, Pages 7536-7554

  Ghernaout, Djamel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); Electro oxidation; Electrochemical AOPs (EAOPs); Electrocoagulation (EC); Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR; COAGULATION; COLLOID; DISCHARGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84890125948     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.792520     Document Type: Article

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