A novel method for evaluation of biofilm tensile strength resisting erosion

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 261-268

  Ohashi, Akiyoshi ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^a   Syutsubo, Kazuaki ^b   Harada, Hideki ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesive strength; Attached biofilm reactor; Biofilm density; Denitrifying biofilm; Elastic coefficient; Erosion; Extracellular biopolymer; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTICITY; EROSION; GLUCOSE; INSTRUMENTS; METHANOL; NUMERICAL METHODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ADHESIVE STRENGTH; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFYING BIOFILMS; ELASTIC COEFFICIENT; EXTRACELLULAR BIOPOLYMER; TENSILE TEST DEVICE; TYGON MADE TUBES;

BIOFILMS;

CARBON; GLUCOSE; METHANOL;

BIOFILM; EROSION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; ELASTICITY; EROSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0032981496     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00176-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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