电絮凝-Removal of nickel, copper, zinc and chromium f

电絮凝-Removal of nickel, copper, zinc and chromium from synthetic and industrial wastewater by electrocoagulationINTERNATIONALJOURNALOFENVIRONMENTALSCIENCESVolume1,No5,2011©Copyright2010AllrightsreservedIntegratedPublishingAssociationResearcharticleISSN0976–4402ReceivedonOctober,2010PublishedonDecember2010697Removalofnickel,copper,zincandchromiumfromsyntheticandindustrialwastewaterbyelectrocoagulationKonstantinosDermentzis1,AchilleasChristoforidis2,EvgeniaValsamidou21­DepartmentofEngineeringScience,LaboratoryofChemicalTechnologyandElectrochemistry,TechnologicalEducationInstituteTEIofKavala,65404AgiosLoucas,Kavala,Greece2­DepartmentofPetroleumTechnology,LaboratoryofEnvironmentalProtection,TechnologicalEducationInstituteTEIofKavalademerz@otenet.grABSTRACTInthiswork,theperformanceofelectrocoagulationwithaluminumelectrodesforsimultaneousremovalofnickel,copper,zincandchromiumfromsyntheticaqueousaliquotsolutionsandactualelectroplatingwastewaterwasstudied.Parametersaffectingtheelectrocoagulatio