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Measuring Nitrite and Nitrate, Metabolites in the Nitric Oxide Pathway, in Biological Materials using the Chemiluminescence Method
Published on: December 25, 2016
Some observations concerning the direct titration of nitrite with cerium(IV)
U Muralikrishna1, K Subrahmanyam, M V Suryanarayana
1Analytical Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, Andhra University, Waltair 530003, India.
Abstract:
Direct titration of nitrite with cerium (IV), with ferroin as indicator, is shown to give satisfactory results if the acidity is kept between 0.033 and 0.055M at the end-point. Loss of nitrous acid owing to volatilization and decomposition is discussed. From 10 to 60 mg of sodium nitrite can be estimated with a standard deviation of 5 mug and an average error of 0.2%.
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