Transport of oxygen, sodium chloride, and sodium nitrate in biofilms

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1347-1356

  Horn, Harald ^a,b   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofilm compactness; Density; Diffusion; Growth conditions

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIFFUSION; MICROELECTRODES; OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SODIUM ALLOYS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTRATES;

BIOFILM COMPACTNESS; BIOFILM DENSITIES; TRANSPORT MECHANISMS;

BIOFILMS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 30344485714     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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