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Total suspended solids is a water quality measurement usually abbreviated TSS. It is listed as a conventional pollutant in the U.S. Clean Water Act. This parameter was at one time called non-filterable residue (NFR), a term that refers to the identical measurement: the dry-weight of particles trapped by a filter, typically of a specified pore size. However, the term "non-filterable" suffered from an odd (for science) condition of usage: in some circles (Oceanography, for example) "filterable" meant the material retained on a filter, so non-filterable would be the water and particulates that passed through the filter. In other disciplines (Chemistry and Microbiology for examples) and dictionary definitions, "filterable" means just the opposite: the material passed by a filter, usually called "Total dissolved solids" or TDS. Thus in chemistry the non-filterable solids are the retained material called the residue. (taken from Wikipedia article)
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∙ 15y agoSediments are small bits of rock.
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How can you separate fine mud particles suspended in water?
by the process of sedimentation it can be separated.
Why is slaked lime added to water after chlorination?
Slaked lime is added to water after chlorination as a coagulant to destabilize the electrostatic charges of suspended particles in the water.
What type of mixtures that can be filtered to remove solute?
from suspensions solute may be removed by simple filtration as the suspended clay particles from water.
How are particles of sand and pebbles that are less dense than water carried by a stream?
Particles of sand and pebbles that are less dense than water are carried by a stream through a process called suspension. The flow of the water exerts enough force to keep these lighter particles suspended in the water and move them downstream. The particles are lifted off the streambed and transported until the flow of the water slows down or they encounter an obstacle that causes them to settle.
How can you separate a mixture using its particle size?
If one propertys' particles are bigger than the other propetys' particles it will be more easier to separate them because the lighter (smaller) particles would stay suspended in water yet the heavier (bigger) particles would settle to the bottom of the water because they're more dense... hoped that helped:)
What is a load suspended?
It is particles in water such as sand.
What is metal in water?
If you are referring to any metal particles suspended in water I believe the term you are looking for is Colloidal. For example.... Colloidal Silver is silver particles suspended in water.
Water vapor condenses on suspended particles called?
Clouds or fog.
What is the Definition of suncension?
Suncension is suspending or being suspended, temporary inactivity, state in which undissolved particles are dispersed in a fluidd
How can you separate fine mud particles suspended in water?
by the process of sedimentation it can be separated.
What method of separation would you use for water and tiny particles floating in it?
A filter paper should be enough to remove small particles suspended in water.
What keeps particles suspended?
the brownianian movement of the water molecules. push in all directions the tiny particles.
How does smoke fit in a definition of a colloid?
Smoke is a colloid because it consists of tiny solid particles suspended in a gas (air)
What size particles seem to stay suspended indefinitely in a quiet body of water?
Limestone
Which type of pollution occurs when small particles of soil are suspended in water?
Physical pollution
What are 3 key words related to suspension?
- the grain size of the suspended particles - the concentration of the suspended particles - the density of the suspended particles - the nature of the liquid (density, viscosity)
The fine particles floating in the water as they are carried along by a stream or river constitute?
Suspended load
