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Impact of optical indices on particle size distribution of activated sludge measured by laser diffraction method

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
Volume 21 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)
By: Agata Sochan,  Cezary Polakowski and  Grzegorz Łagód  
Open Access
|Apr 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2014-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2084-4549 | Journal ISSN: 1898-6196
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Language: English
Page range: 137 - 145
Published on: Apr 9, 2014
Published by: Society of Ecological Chemistry and Engineering
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Keywords:
laser diffraction method (LDM),
particle size distribution (PSD),
wastewater,
activated sludge,
Mie theory,
optical parameters
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Sustainable and green chemistry,
Engineering,
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