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Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

Chemical Oxygen Demand is a sum measure of all the organic material in a water sample that can be oxidised by a specific combination of chemicals. Online COD measurement using the UV absorbance method is a well established alternative to the traditional dichromate lab method.

COD measurement via UV absorbance measures the organic material that can absorb UV light and a certain amount of calibration on site is required in order for it to correlate with the dichromate standard method.

An alternative method that uses ultrasonic wave velocity can also be utilised and tends to be used in applications where Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) is higher such as in breweries.

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An online UV-Vis spectrophotometer for COD measurement and more in wastewater.

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Inline COD sensor for breweries and other high COD applications.

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