what is the significant of volatile suspended solid in water and wastewater?
2007-01-16 20:10:20 · 3 answers · asked by azura m 1 in Environment
Volatile suspended solids is determined by taking a total suspended solids sample and heating the sample to 550C. The purpose is to give a general number for the amount or "organic" versus "inorganic" solids. What is left on the filter is basically inorganic. What "volatilizes" is organic. What you are really doing is burning off the organic materials. In a purely, treated, sanitary wastewater it is basically a measure of the bacterial population of the sample. In untreated sanitary waste it is a measure of the human waste.
You need to go to a library that has a copy of what is called "Standard Methods"
The EPA version can be found on their publication site.
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2007-01-17 19:11:07 · answer #1 · answered by Peter Boiter Woods 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Solids are separated out of the water - this is total solids. Then the solids are heated very hot, some of that mass will be lost a gas, some will remain. The mass that remains is called fixed solids, that which is lost is called volatile solids. For more details, here's a good link:
2016-03-29 01:15:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is likely to turn to liquid state
2007-01-16 20:22:40 · answer #3 · answered by ALMIGHTY 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋