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PHYSICOCHEMICAL PURIFICATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Pollution
CONT

Very often, especially in the case of pretreatment before discharging into the sewer, only physicochemical purification is carried out: flocculation and clarification, neutralization, etc.

Key term(s)
  • physico-chemical purification
  • chemico-physical purification
  • chemicophysical purification

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

[...] on se limite [...] dans le cas de prétraitement avant rejet à l'égout, à une épuration physico-chimique : floculation-décantation, neutralisation, etc.

OBS

physicochimique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • épuration chimico-physique
  • épuration chimicophysique
  • épuration chimio-physique
  • épuration chimiophysique

Spanish

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