Remember the water - A comment on EPS colligative properties

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 17-23

  Keiding, K ^a   Wybrandt, L ^a   Nielsen, P H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biopolymers; Charge density; Colligative properties; EPS; Extracellular polymeric substances

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; DRYING; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES;

WATER;

BIOPOLYMER; ION; POLYMER; WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FREEZING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PH; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DRYING; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0035018220     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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