Evaluation of Seeds Moringa oleifera Lam. Present in Urban Forests as a Coagulant-Flocculant for Water Treatment †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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pH | Coagulant Dosage | Initial Turbidy | Final Turbidy | Removal Percentage |
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4 | 5 mL | 500 | 22.5 | 95.50% |
4 | 10 mL | 500 | 23.57 | 95.29% |
4 | 15 mL | 500 | 24.63 | 95.07% |
4 | 20 mL | 500 | 12.5 | 97.50% |
5 | 5 mL | 500 | 24.6 | 95.08% |
5 | 10 mL | 500 | 10.49 | 97.90% |
5 | 15 mL | 500 | 11.05 | 97.79% |
5 | 20 mL | 500 | 9.5 | 98.10% |
6 | 5 mL | 500 | 6 | 98.80% |
6 | 10 mL | 500 | 2.03 | 99.59% |
6 | 15 mL | 500 | 3.04 | 99.39% |
6 | 20 mL | 500 | 3.95 | 99.21% |
7 | 5 mL | 500 | 3.4 | 99.32% |
7 | 10 mL | 500 | 2 | 99.60% |
7 | 15 mL | 500 | 3.9 | 99.22% |
7 | 20 mL | 500 | 4.5 | 99.10% |
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Urrea-Florián, S.; Torres-Benítez, A. Evaluation of Seeds Moringa oleifera Lam. Present in Urban Forests as a Coagulant-Flocculant for Water Treatment. Biol. Life Sci. Forum 2021, 4, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECPS2020-08553
Urrea-Florián S, Torres-Benítez A. Evaluation of Seeds Moringa oleifera Lam. Present in Urban Forests as a Coagulant-Flocculant for Water Treatment. Biology and Life Sciences Forum. 2021; 4(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECPS2020-08553
Chicago/Turabian StyleUrrea-Florián, Simón, and Alfredo Torres-Benítez. 2021. "Evaluation of Seeds Moringa oleifera Lam. Present in Urban Forests as a Coagulant-Flocculant for Water Treatment" Biology and Life Sciences Forum 4, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECPS2020-08553