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Drinking Water Chemistry A Laboratory Manual

Handbook / Manual
By: Barbara A Hauser
216 pages
Publisher: CRC Press
Drinking Water Chemistry
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  • Drinking Water Chemistry ISBN: 9781566704861 Paperback Aug 2001 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1 week
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Whether you are a new employee or seasoned professional you need easy access to the latest test methods, updated quality control procedures, and calculations at your fingertips. You need to perform analyses quickly and easily and troubleshoot problems as they arise. You need a resource that is not only informative, but also practical and easy to use. Drinking Water Chemistry: A Laboratory Manual fills this need.T he book gives you a thorough overview of the most basic, and therefore important, laboratory topics such as:Laboratory Safety - dos and don'ts based on real experienceSampling - preservation techniques, online sampling, and record keepingLaboratory Instruments - practical use ranges, principles of operation, calibration, conditioning, useful life and replacement, common quality control issuesChemical Use - reagents, standards, indicators, purpose and use, chemical quality and properties, avoidance of contamination, molecular weight calculationsQuality Control - replicate analyses, spiked, split, and reference samples, percent recovery of standard, standard deviation, control charts, and everyday quality control measuresWeights and Concentrations - care and analytical balances, mathematical conversions among concentration units, dilutions and concentration changesThe remaining chapters cover test analysis including: reason for the test, type of sample taken, treatment plant control significance, expected range of results, appropriate quality control procedures, apparatus used, reagents, including function, concentration and instructions for preparation, procedural steps, calculations and notes on possible problems, and references. This is a working manual, meant to be kept by your side in the lab, not on the shelf in an office or library. You can bend it, you can lay it flat, you can take it anywhere you do your job. Useful and practical Drinking Water Chemistry: A Laboratory Manual provides the information you need to perform tests, understand the results, apply them to the determination of water quality before and after treatment, and troubleshoot any problems.

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Sampling. Laboratory Safety. Weights, Volumes, and Concentrations. Laboratory Chemicals . Laboratory Instruments. Quality Assurance and Control. Total Alkalinity. Total Hardness. Acidity. Water Softening. Turbidity. Chemical Dosage: Jar Testing. Chlorine Residual. Chlorine Demand. Chloride. Specific Conductance. Langelier Index. Color. Odor. Fluoride. Sulfate. Dissolved Oxygen. Solids. Phosphorus. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Appendices.

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Handbook / Manual
By: Barbara A Hauser
216 pages
Publisher: CRC Press
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