Oxygen Consumed

Name:
Oxygen Consumed
Detailed information:
(OC; COD; DOC). A measure of the quantity of oxidizable components present in water. Since the carbon and hydrogen, but not the nitrogen, in organic matter are oxidized by chemical oxidants, the oxygen consumed is a measure only of the chemically oxidizable components and is dependent on the oxidant, structure of the organic compound, and manipulative procedure. Since this value does not differentiate stable from unstable organic matter, it does not necessarily correlate with the biochemical oxygen demand value. It is also known as chemical oxygen demand (COD) and dichromate oxygen consumed (DOC).See Biochemical Oxygen Demand; Dissolved Oxygen (DO).