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The Determination of Nitrate in the Sea by Means of Reduced Strychnine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

L. H. N. Cooper
L. H. N. Cooper
Affiliation:
Assistant Chemist at the Plymouth Laboratory
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The recent criticism of Thompson and Johnson (7) of the method of determining nitrate in the sea by means of reduced strychnine is held to be unsound.

Preparation of the reagent given due care and pure materials has offered little difficulty.

A possible method for the preparation of nitrate-free sulphuric acid is outlined.

The effect of iodate in concentrations likely to be met in the sea is negligible.

Interference by organic material has been avoided by first centrifuging all samples obtained during periods of plankton activity.

The relative intensity of colour given by nitrate and by nitrite nitrogen is discussed.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , May 1932 , pp. 161 - 166
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1932

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