Evaluating factors that affect copper tasting sensitivity in drinking water
Corrosion of household copper plumbing infrastructure can cause pipe failure and lead to elevated levels of copper in drinking water which can exceed the USEPA health based standard for copper in drinking water of 1.3 mg/L Cu. The purpose of this study was to determine taste thresholds of copper in...
Main Author: | Cuppett, Jonathan David |
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Other Authors: | Environmental Sciences and Engineering |
Format: | Others |
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32991 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05192005-211753/ |
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