Significance of Amount Concentrations in Hydrochemistry, Water Technology and Biology

✍ Scribed by Pitter, P.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 570 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0323-4320
• DOI: 10.1002/aheh.19910190503

✦ Synopsis

Significance of Amount Concentrations in Hydrochemistry, Water Technology and Biology

Sumwiary: Mass and occasionally equivalent concentrations so far have been more widely used than amount concentrations. However, the preference is not justified. Mass concentrations distort the actual picture of water composition and properties. When expressing and interpreting t h e results of the chemical analysis of water and of technological experiments, amount concentrations of individual components, that are proportional to the real number of reacting particles, are of utmost significance. Therefore, only amount concentrations can correctly characterize quantitative relationships of the chemical and biological effects of compounds and make the comparison of the results possible. This claim is supported by examples in the field of hydrochemistry, biology and water technology.