电絮凝-Removal of hexavalent chromium from electropla

电絮凝-Removal of hexavalent chromium from electroplating wastewater by electrocoagulation with iron electrodesGlobalNESTJournal,Vol13,No4,pp412-418,2011Copyright©2011GlobalNESTPrintedinGreece.AllrightsreservedREMOVALOFHEXAVALENTCHROMIUMFROMELECTROPLATINGWASTEWATERBYELECTROCOAGULATIONWITHIRONELECTRODESK.DERMENTZIS1,*1DepartmentofScienceA.CHRISTOFORIDIS2LaboratoryofChemicalTechnologyandElectrochemistryE.VALSAMIDOU2TechnologicalEducationInstitute(TEI)ofKavalaA.LAZARIDOU265404AgiosLoucas,Kavala,GreeceN.KOKKINOS22DepartmentofPetroleum&NaturalGasTechnologyLaboratoryofEnvironmentProtectionTechnologicalEducationInstitute(TEI)ofKavala65404AgiosLoucas,Kavala,GreeceReceived:15/11/10*towhomallcorrespondenceshouldbeaddressed:Accepted:02/12/11e-mail:demerz@otenet.grABSTRACTTheperformanceofelectrocoagulationusingironelectrodesfortheremovalofhexavalentchromiumfromsyntheticaqueoussolutionsandactualindustrialelectroplatingwastewaterwasstudied.Parametersaffectingtheelectrocoagulationprocess,suchasinitialpH