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TALANTA
Volume 58, Issue 5, Pages 995-1001Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-9140(02)00453-8
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determination of chlorine; greywater; sequential injection; o-tolidine
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The determination of chlorine with o-tolidine in greywater has been studied, and a batch method and a sequential injection method have been proposed. It was found that the reaction of o-tolidine with chlorine was slower in a greywater matrix. Grey water samples must be filtered before analysis, or alternatively, a blank of sample must be measured. The samples are very unstable, and after 2 h of storage in dark conditions at 4 degreesC the chlorine concentration can diminish. The standard addition method, in some samples gave unsatisfactory results as a consequence of matrix effects. It was concluded that samples with a total organic carbon (TOC) higher than 60 mgC l(-1) can not be accurately analysed using these methods. However, samples with a TOC lower than 60 mgCl(-1) gave 100+/-3% recoveries. The linear range of the methods was 0-3.0 and 0-5.0 mgCl(2)l(-1), and the limit of quantification 0.2 and 0.5 mgCl(2)l(-1), for the batch method and the sequential injection method, respectively. This is the first paper devoted to grey water from the analytical chemistry point of view. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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