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<bold>Introduction</bold>: This study aimed to determine whether the degradation of ascorbic acid in aqueous solutions could be used to compare the filtration efficiency of various household water filter jugs.
<bold>Materials and methods</bold>: Based on absorbance measurements of ascorbic acid, a new water quality coefficient (WQC) parameter was defined. Differences between the WQC were determined for 4 different water filters commonly used in household water filter jugs in Poland. In addition, correlations between the WQC, the amount of filtered water (AFW), and a number of other parameters were examined for all 4 filters.
<bold>Conclusions</bold>: Significant differences were found in WQC among the 4 filters. A decreasing efficiency of calcium ion removal from the water was observed with the ongoing use of all 4 filter cartridges. Overall, this method could be a sensitive, simple, fast, eco-friendly, and relatively inexpensive tool for determining the effectiveness of water purification in household water filter jugs, which of course requires further research.
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Introduction: This study aimed to determine whether the degradation of ascorbic acid in aqueous solutions could be used to compare the filtration efficiency of various household water filter jugs.
Materials and methods: Based on absorbance measurements of ascorbic acid, a new water quality coefficient (WQC) parameter was defined. Differences between the WQC were determined for 4 different water filters commonly used in household water filter jugs in Poland. In addition, correlations between the WQC, the amount of filtered water (AFW), and a number of other parameters were examined for all 4 filters.
Conclusions: Significant differences were found in WQC among the 4 filters. A decreasing efficiency of calcium ion removal from the water was observed with the ongoing use of all 4 filter cartridges. Overall, this method could be a sensitive, simple, fast, eco-friendly, and relatively inexpensive tool for determining the effectiveness of water purification in household water filter jugs, which of course requires further research.

The usefulness of ascorbic acid degradation to analyze the effectiveness of water filtration in household water filter jugs

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences

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Introduction: This study aimed to determine whether the degradation of ascorbic acid in aqueous solutions could be used to compare the filtration efficiency of...

The usefulness of ascorbic acid degradation to analyze the effectiveness of water filtration in household water filter jugs

Published Online: Sep 18, 2020

Page range: 71 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.677

Keywords
ascorbic acid, drinking water, filtration, household water filter jugs, water quality, water pollution

© 2020 Karolina Jezierska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The usefulness of ascorbic acid degradation to analyze the effectiveness of water filtration in household water filter jugs

Published Online: Sep 18, 2020

Page range: 71 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.677

Keywordsascorbic acid, drinking water, filtration, household water filter jugs, water quality, water pollution

© 2020 Karolina Jezierska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
ascorbic acid, drinking water, filtration, household water filter jugs, water quality, water pollution