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The test for finding the optimum coagulant dose in water is ____________

(a) Chromatography

(b) Jar test

(c) Kjeldahl test

(d) Dilatancy test

I had been asked this question in semester exam.

Query is from Design of Sedimentation Tank topic in section Sedimentation and Chemical Clarification of Environmental Engineering

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Right option is (b) Jar test

Easiest explanation: Jar test is used to find the optimum coagulant concentration that is required to cause coagulation in water so that the settling of suspended impurities takes place.

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