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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457830403321

Titolo

Basic science concepts and applications [[electronic resource] ] : student workbook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denver, Colo., : American Water Works Association, 2010

ISBN

1-61300-119-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Principles and practices of water supply operations series

Disciplina

628.1

Soggetti

Water-supply engineering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction: Using Your Student Workbook""; ""Mathematics""; ""Basic Math for Operators""; ""Powers and Scientific Notation""; ""Dimensional Analysis""; ""Rounding and Estimating""; ""Solving for the Unknown Value""; ""Ratios and Proportions""; ""Averages""; ""Percent""; ""Linear Measurements""; ""Area Measurements""; ""Volume Measurements""; ""Conversions""; ""Graphs and Tables""; ""Per Capita Water Use""; ""Domestic Water Use Based on Household Fixture Rates""; ""Water Use per Unit of Industrial Product Produced""; ""Average Daily Flow""

""Surface Overflow Rate""""Weir Overflow Rate""; ""Filter Loading Rate""; ""Filter Backwash Rate""; ""Mudball Calculation""; ""Detention Time""; ""Well Problems""; ""Hydraulics""; ""Density and Specific Gravity""; ""Pressure and Force""; ""Piezometric Surface and Hydraulic Grade Line""; ""Head""; ""Head Loss""; ""Pumping Problems""; ""Flow Rate Problems""; ""Thrust Control""; ""Chemistry""; ""The Structure of Matter""; ""The Classification of Matter""; ""Valence, Chemical Formulas, and Chemical Equations""; ""Solutions""; ""Acids, Bases, and Salts""; ""Chemistry of Treatment Processes""

""Chemical Dosage Problems""""Electricity""; ""Electricity, Magnetism, and Electrical Measurements""; ""Electrical Quantities and Terms""; ""Functions and Ratings of Electrical Equipment""; ""Sample Plant Diagrams and Questions Ion Exchange and Lime�Soda Ash Softening Plants""