An electrochemical technique to measure local flow velocity in biofilms

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3631-3636

  Xia, Fuhu ^a   Beyenal, Haluk ^b   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Confocal scanning microscope; Limiting current; Local flow velocity; Local mass transfer; Microelectrodes

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CALIBRATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENSITY; FLOW RATE; MEASUREMENT; MICROELECTRODE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031735435     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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