Treatment of Copper-Contaminated Wastewater via Cementation using a Bimetallic Rotating Cylinder Reactor

Mohamed Abbas El-Naggar^1,2This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

¹Department of General Subjects, University of Business and Technology, Jeddah 21361, Saudi Arabia

²Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.

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