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Biochemical Oxygen Demand

Oxygen consumed by microbes decomposing organic matter.

Formula

BOD=D1−D2PBOD = \frac{D_1 - D_2}{P}

Variables

D_1Initial DO
D_2Final DO
PDilution fraction

Did You Know?

Biochemical oxygen demand gauges water pollution by how much oxygen microbes need to digest the waste.

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