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Determination of oxygen in fusible metals by use of solid electrolyte cells
L L Kunin1, A A Bogdanov, V I Rodionov
1V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117975, USSR.
Abstract:
A new method has been devised for determination of oxygen in fusible metals and compounds based on them, viz., by electrochemical extraction of oxygen with the help of a specially designed solid electrolyte cell. The physiocochemical conditions for the method to be used, and the analytical characteristics, are discussed. Results are given for determination of oxygen in a number of high-purity fusible metals. The relative standard deviation is inversely proportional to the mean oxygen concentration in the sample.
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