A simple, sensitive and less poisonous flow-injection method for the determination of nitrate using a newly developed activator for the reduction of nitrate to nitrite is presented. Nitrate in sample solutions injected in a buffered carrier containing the activator is first reduced to nitrite while
Determination of nitrate in natural waters with the photo-induced conversion of nitrate to nitrite
โ Scribed by Kazuhiko Takeda; Kitao Fujiwara
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 663 KB
- Volume
- 276
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2670
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โฆ Synopsis
A rapid, sensitive and maintenance-free method for the determination of nitrate ion using the photo-induced conversion of nitrate to nitrite is described. A flow-injection system, equipped with a spectrophotometric detector and a UV irradiation coil ceil in which nitrate ion was reduced to nitrite ion, was developed and tested for river and sea waters. With this flow system, the signal intensity depended strongly on the pH of the carrier solution. The detection limit for nitrate was ca. 0.05 PM and ten samples could be determined per hour. The method permitted the determination of nitrate without a copperized cadmium column.
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