Strength of ferric hydroxide flocs

Autor: J. Leentvaar, Menahem Rebhun
Rok vydání: 1983
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Zdroj: Water Research. 17:895-902
ISSN: 0043-1354
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(83)90163-x
Popis: Strength and break-up of flocs produced in flocculation of water and effluent with ferric chloride were studied. Floc size was determined by a photographing technique and area and perimeter measurements by a Quantimet apparatus. The experimental results obeyed the expression dmax = GC−2γ with γ = 0.3 for effluent and γ = 0.5 for water indicating both viscous and inertial effects in break-up. Floc strength parameter C increased with polymeric coagulant aid addition, higher C values were obtained in water than in effluent. Floc break-up seems to take place by erosion of particles and flocs once disrupted do not grow again.
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