Colour diminution and COD reduction in treatment of coloured effluent by Electrocoagulation

International Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 228-238

  Golder, Animes K ^a   Kumar, Harsh ^b   Samanta, Amar N ^c   Ray, Subhabrata ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b Quantitative Strategies Group   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

adsorption capacity; COD reduction; decolourisation; EC; electrocoagulation; OG; orange G; TB; trypan blue

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044436274     PISSN: 17568463     EISSN: 17568471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijee.2010.029830     Document Type: Article

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