文档介绍：Ecological Engineering 84 (2015) 229–232
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Extracts of fava bean (Vicia faba L.) seeds as natural coagulants
a,∗ a a a
Dragana V. Kukic´ , Marina B. Sˇciban´ , Jelena M. Prodanovic´ , Aleksandra N. Tepic´ ,
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Mirjana A. Vasic´
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University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology, Blvd. Cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Maksima Gorkog 30, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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Article history: In this study, applicability of extracts from fava bean seeds (Vicia faba L.), as natural coagulants, was inves-
Received 16 October 2014
tigated. Coagulants were obtained by extraction, with distilled water or NaCl solutions, from grinded seeds
Received in revised form 7 July 2015
and were applied as coagulants, in various doses, in synthetic water having different initial turbidities
Accepted 4 September 2015
and pH values. Presence of NaCl in water showed that increasing the ionic strength results in greater
amount of pounds, but it does not affect coagulation activity. Appling different doses of
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coagulant in water showed that the best coagulation activity is achieved by adding dose of ml/l.
Natural coagulant
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