A settling tank has a surface area of 200 m and inflow rate of 30 m/day. What is the percentage of removal of the particles that have a diameter of 0.04 mm and mass density of 1200 kg/m', if water density is 998 kg/m' and water absolute viscosity is 1.0087 x 103 N.s/m².

A settling tank has a surface area of 200 m and inflow rate of 30 m/day. What is the percentage of removal of the particles that have a diameter of 0.04 mm and mass density of 1200 kg/m', if water density is 998 kg/m' and water absolute viscosity is 1.0087 x 103 N.s/m².

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A settling tank has a surface area of 200 m? and inflow rate of
30 m/day. What is the percentage of removal of the particles
that have a diameter of 0.04 mm and mass density of 1200
kg/m , if water density is 998 kg/m and water absolute
viscosity is 1.0087 x 10 N.s/m².

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