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Boiler scale

29.8.2016

Boiler scale is a mixture of several minerals which settle on the walls of pipes or containers where hard water is...

Water turbidity is usually caused by small particles which can be of organic or inorganic origin. Cloudy soiled water is less...

Uranium is a silvery glossy radioactive chemical element belonging to a group called actinoids. It was discovered by Martin Henrich Klaproth...

Most of the members of Bacillus cereus species are saprophytic microorganisms which can be found mostly in soil, air and on...

29.7.2016

Phenols occurring in the water are either of natural origin or...

Beryllium is a relatively hard, very fragile and difficult to melt metal. If beryllium is heated up to the red heat,...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are organic substances defined as homologues of...

Pesticide DDT is probably the most known case of over-usage of chemical substances by...

Cyanides are salts of a hydrocyanic acid. They are white and in a crystallic form. The most common cyanides are a...

22.7.2016

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) is a group of substances which comprises more than 200...

Chemical use of oxygen (CHUO) means a use of oxygen needed for all substances’ oxidation. Not only those which can be biologically...

21.7.2016

Sulfates(SO42+) are salts of a sulfuric acid in which sulfate anion (SO42−) and a cation – mostly of metal, ocassionaly amonium...

20.7.2016

The occurrence of ammonium ions in drinkable water can point to a microbiological activity. The cause can be fertilizing or geological...

Arsenic (AS) is a well known toxic metalloid. It can appear in organic or anorganic...

Remmoval of chlorine and chlorides right before its consumption is very appropriate. Chlorine has been added to water for ages to...