Extra Flashcards
Organic synthesis
Process of making organic compounds from simpler starting materials
Recrystallisation
Repeat crystallization in order to purify a solid
Eutrophication
Enrichment of water with nutrients which leads to excessive growth of plants and algae. When algae die a heavy oxygen demand is placed on the water causing the dissolved oxygen level to drop and many animal life is killed
How are heavy metals removed from water
Precipitation
Formula of
Substance that causes temp hardness in water
Permanently in water
Calcium hydrogencarbonate
Ca(HCO3)2
Calcium Sulfate
CaSO4
3rd treatment in sewage
Removal of phosphates and nitrates
What is added to remove microbs from water
Chlorine
Two methods of removing hardness in water
Distillation
Ion exchange resin
What is BOD in water
Amount of oxygen dissolved
Consumed by biological action
When water is kept at 20c
In the dark
For 5days
How is hardness removed
Through a mixed bed ion exchange resin