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Removal of copper, zinc and nickel present in natural water containing Ca2+ and HCO3- ions by electrocoagulation

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In this paper, the authors show that adding supporting electrolyte to the medium investigated so as to increase the electrolyte conductivity and improve the sacrificial anodic dissolution of the electrodes is not necessary to obtain high removal efficiencies.
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This article is published in Separation and Purification Technology.The article was published on 2013-04-02. It has received 67 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tap water & Distilled water.

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Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewaters: A Review

TL;DR: A review of membrane filtration, ion exchange, ion-exchange, adsorption, chemical precipitation, nanotechnology treatments, electrochemical and advanced oxidation processes are discussed in this article.
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TiO2 photocatalyst for water treatment applications

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of water treatment technologies, such as biological treatment, coagulation/precipitation techniques, Fenton oxidation treatments, and advanced oxidation techniques, have been assessed to address the worsening clean water shortage.
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Electrocoagulation process in water treatment: A review of electrocoagulation modeling approaches

TL;DR: The most recent advances on EC reactor modeling are summarized with special emphasis on four major issues that still constitute the cornerstone of EC: the theoretical understanding of mechanisms governing pollution abatement, modeling approaches, CFD simulations, and techno-economic optimization as discussed by the authors.
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Electrocoagulation and advanced electrocoagulation processes: A general review about the fundamentals, emerging applications and its association with other technologies

TL;DR: The electrocoagulation (EC) process is an electrochemical means of introducing coagulants and removing suspended solids, colloidal material, and metals, as well as other dissolved solids from water and wastewaters as discussed by the authors.
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Colorimetric detection and removal of copper(II) ions from wastewater samples using tailor-made composite adsorbent

TL;DR: In this article, the nitrogen donor ligand was functionalized with polarable mesoporous silica as composite adsorbent, by a cost-effective and environmentally friendly procedure, for highly selective copper (Cu(II)) ions detection and removal from water.
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Fundamentals, present and future perspectives of electrocoagulation.

TL;DR: This paper presents an in-depth discussion and consideration of the factors that need to be addressed for optimum performance of this technology.
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Treatment of textile wastewaters by electrocoagulation using iron and aluminum electrodes.

TL;DR: The results show that iron is superior to aluminum as sacrificial electrode material, from COD removal efficiency and energy consumption points.
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Treatment of electroplating wastewater containing Cu2+, Zn2+ and Cr(VI) by electrocoagulation.

TL;DR: The process was successfully applied to the treatment of an electroplating wastewater where an effective reduction of (Cu2+, Zn2+ and Cr(VI)) concentrations under legal limits was obtained, just after 20 min.
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Electrocoagulation of potable water

TL;DR: In this paper, the correlation between the current density and the aluminium dosing and provides results showing the necessary overpotential of the electrocoagulation process for aquatic humus removal.
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Copper, chromium and nickel removal from metal plating wastewater by electrocoagulation

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of electrode material, current density, wastewater pH and conductivity on removal performance was explored, and the results showed that metal removal increased with increasing current density and pH.
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