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AMOUNT OXYGEN ABSORBED POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

(...) a measure of organic matter, particularly carbonaceous matter that is chemically consumed in the test on digesting the sample of water with potassium permanganate in a bath of boiling water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
CONT

Certaines eaux résiduaires industrielles [n'ont] pas de matières organiques susceptibles d'une évolution biochimique. Dans ce cas (...) on parle de demande chimique d'oxygène ou DCO, ou encore de détermination de l'oxydabilité. (...) La mesure de l'oxydabilité au permanganate permet de connaître la quantité de matières organiques présente.

Spanish

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