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Electrocoagulation as a possible treatment for wastewater polluted with industrial lubricant oils

Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química 2023 2 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 30 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
A. Soto-Vázquez, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, P. Sánchez-Galindo, J.A. Barraza-Madrigal, J.I. Guzmán-Castañeda, J. I. Guzmán‐Castañeda

Summary

This study examined electrocoagulation as a treatment for wastewater contaminated with industrial lubricant oils. Electrocoagulation is also one of the technologies being studied for removing microplastics from industrial and municipal wastewater.

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