Water quality monitoring: A comparative case study of municipal and Curtin Sarawak's lake samples
In this study, particle size distribution and zeta potential of the suspended particles in municipal water and lake surface water of Curtin Sarawak's lake were compared and the samples were analysed using dynamic light scattering method. High concentration of suspended particles affects the wat...
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| author | Kumar, A. Jaison, J. Prabakaran, K. Ramasamy, Nagarajan Chan, Y. |
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| description | In this study, particle size distribution and zeta potential of the suspended particles in municipal water and lake surface water of Curtin Sarawak's lake were compared and the samples were analysed using dynamic light scattering method. High concentration of suspended particles affects the water quality as well as suppresses the aquatic photosynthetic systems. A new approach has been carried out in the current work to determine the particle size distribution and zeta potential of the suspended particles present in the water samples. The results for the lake samples showed that the particle size ranges from 180nm to 1345nm and the zeta potential values ranges from -8.58 mV to -26.1 mV. High zeta potential value was observed in the surface water samples of Curtin Sarawak's lake compared to the municipal water. The zeta potential values represent that the suspended particles are stable and chances of agglomeration is lower in lake water samples. Moreover, the effects of physico-chemical parameters on zeta potential of the water samples were also discussed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-498092017-09-13T15:41:43Z Water quality monitoring: A comparative case study of municipal and Curtin Sarawak's lake samples Kumar, A. Jaison, J. Prabakaran, K. Ramasamy, Nagarajan Chan, Y. In this study, particle size distribution and zeta potential of the suspended particles in municipal water and lake surface water of Curtin Sarawak's lake were compared and the samples were analysed using dynamic light scattering method. High concentration of suspended particles affects the water quality as well as suppresses the aquatic photosynthetic systems. A new approach has been carried out in the current work to determine the particle size distribution and zeta potential of the suspended particles present in the water samples. The results for the lake samples showed that the particle size ranges from 180nm to 1345nm and the zeta potential values ranges from -8.58 mV to -26.1 mV. High zeta potential value was observed in the surface water samples of Curtin Sarawak's lake compared to the municipal water. The zeta potential values represent that the suspended particles are stable and chances of agglomeration is lower in lake water samples. Moreover, the effects of physico-chemical parameters on zeta potential of the water samples were also discussed. 2016 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49809 10.1088/1757-899X/121/1/012019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Kumar, A. Jaison, J. Prabakaran, K. Ramasamy, Nagarajan Chan, Y. Water quality monitoring: A comparative case study of municipal and Curtin Sarawak's lake samples |
| title | Water quality monitoring: A comparative case study of municipal and Curtin Sarawak's lake samples |
| title_full | Water quality monitoring: A comparative case study of municipal and Curtin Sarawak's lake samples |
| title_fullStr | Water quality monitoring: A comparative case study of municipal and Curtin Sarawak's lake samples |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water quality monitoring: A comparative case study of municipal and Curtin Sarawak's lake samples |
| title_short | Water quality monitoring: A comparative case study of municipal and Curtin Sarawak's lake samples |
| title_sort | water quality monitoring: a comparative case study of municipal and curtin sarawak's lake samples |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49809 |