In geochemical studies of water it is a general practice to filter the water samples through a 0.45 ?m membrane. Filtered samples are then acidified with a mineral acid (mostly nitric acid) to a pH collected 24 water samples from Indus and Beas rivers and one adjoining hot spring.
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