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Descriptor English: Sedimentation
Descriptor Spanish: Sedimentación
Descriptor sedimentación
Scope note: Proceso de decantación y depósito por gravedad de la materia suspendida en el agua o cualquier líquido.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sedimentação
Descriptor French: Sédimentation
Tree number(s): SP4.895.141.979.782
Scope note: Process of decantation and settling of suspended matter in water or any other liquid by gravity.
Annotation: to be used for potable water; for wastewater sedimentation, use PRIMARY SEDIMENTATION, SECONDARY SEDIMENTATION, and ACCELERATED SEDIMENTATION
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Clarification Chimique DeCS
Décanteur DeCS
Précipitation chimique MeSH
Solides Décantables DeCS
Solides Totaux DeCS
Sédimentation Accélérée DeCS
Sédimentation Primaire DeCS
Sédimentation Secondaire DeCS
Traitement Physicochimique DeCS
Épaississement par Gravitation DeCS
DeCS ID: 25525
Unique ID: DDCS025525
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Sédimentation - Preferred
Concept UI FD00058386
Preferred term Sédimentation



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