Transient chlorine profiles within a biofilm during treatment with a flowing solution of
approximately 2.5 mg/L of free chlorine. The biofilm-bulk fluid interface was at
distance zero; biofilm is represented by negative distances and the chlorine solution by
positive distances. These five profiles constitute a time series spanning 75
minutes. There was slow advance in the penetration of chlorine over this
period. Chlorine penetrated only about 100 microns into the biofilm in this
experiment. See de Beer et al., 1994.
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