Suppression of nitrification and denitrification during the determination of biochemical oxygen demand. Part I

✍ Scribed by Abbott, W. E.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1948
• Weight: 259 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000671002

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Methylene blue inhibits nitrification and denitrification during the incubation of effluents diluted with unchlorinatcd well water at 65° F. A modification of the dissolved oxygen absorption test for polluted waters is based on this finding.