Chemistry In Context
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259638145
Author: Fahlman, Bradley D., Purvis-roberts, Kathleen, Kirk, John S., Bentley, Anne K., Daubenmire, Patrick L., ELLIS, Jamie P., Mury, Michael T., American Chemical Society
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 8, Problem 58Q
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Possibilities of purifying water that are hiking; compare those methods in terms of cost and effectiveness; and methods similar to purify municipal water supplies has to be explained.
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