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Study on ultrasonic electrochemical decontamination

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Ultrasonic electrochemical decontamination technology is a decontamination method coupled with electrochemical decontamination and ultrasonic decontamination. This article reports the study of ultrasonic electrochemical decontamination on the surface of stainless steel. The decontamination effect of ultrasonic electrochemical decontamination compared with electrochemical decontamination in the study. The results show that the ultrasonic assisted electrochemical decontamination has the advantages such as good decontamination efficiency, simple equipment, less chemical reagents, single species and less waste of two times, etc.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported, in part, by grants from Starting fund of Sichuan Department of Education key research projects (13ZA0067); Science and Technology Research project of Chengdu University of Technology (KR1115); China spallation neutron source project (CT-03-04-14, CT-03-02-16); China Power Investment Project (YDT-YF-2016-04, YDT-YF-2016-03).

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  1. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Synergistic Control and Joint Remediation for Soil and Water Pollution, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Chunhai Lu, Qingfeng Tang, Xuejuan Zhou & Zhaofa Zheng

  2. Sichuan Key Laboratory of Applied Nuclear Techniques in Geosciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Chunhai Lu, Qingfeng Tang, Xuejuan Zhou & Zhaofa Zheng

  3. School of National Defense Science and Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 610059, China

    Min Chen

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Lu, C., Tang, Q., Chen, M. et al. Study on ultrasonic electrochemical decontamination. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 316, 1–7 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5717-4

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