Spectrophotometric determination of water colour in hazen units

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2771-2775

  Hongve, Dag ^a   Åkesson, Gunvor ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Colour; Drinking water; Interlaboratory comparison; Spectrophotometer

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLOR; FILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOLUTIONS; VISUALIZATION;

HAZEN METHOD; HEXACHLOROPLATINATE; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISONS;

SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

DRINKING WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLOR; FILTRATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030297592     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00163-7     Document Type: Article

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