Potential use of citrus pectin as flocculants in water turbidity reduction
The study utilized fruit waste materials as sources of pectic and examined their potential in treating turbid water. Pectin was extracted from the peels of Citru microcarpa (calamansi) and Citrus decumama (suha). The efficiency of the citrus pectins as flocculants were tested and compared to alum by...
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Language: | English |
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2012.
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