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Main Title Iron-59 as a Solids Tracer in Aqueous Suspensions.
Author Scal, Marion R. ; Withero, Jack L. ; Priesin, Charles P. ;
CORP Author Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center, Ada, Okla.
Year Published 1967
Report Number 03236,; 16020-10/67
Stock Number PB-205 827
Additional Subjects ( Sewage treatment ; Tracer studies) ; ( Iron isotopes ; Labeled substances) ; ( Suspended sediments ; Tracer studies) ; Radioactive isotopes ; Design criteria ; Lagoons(Ponds) ; Settling basins ; Water pollution ; Iron 59
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NTIS  PB-205 827 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Detention time is of primary importance in many waste treatment processes and probably the most universal design standard. The purpose of the paper is to introduce a radiotracer for determining the detention of particulate matter in hydraulic systems and to demonstrate simple, fast, and reliable methods of combining this tracer with dye tracers to determine the hydraulic performance of sewage treatment processes. Tracer methods using iron-59 were devised and are described for silt tracing in rivers and reservoirs, suspension tracing in lagoons, and sludge handling processes. Iron-59 almost completely adheres to particulate matter when introduced into a sewage suspension. (Author)