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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
Chemiluminescence determination of nitrate with photochemical activation in a flow injection system
Abstract:
A chemiluminescence flow injection system is described for the determination of nitrate, involving use of a laboratory-built flow-through photochemical reactor. Optimum analytical conditions were established. The linear range for nitrate is 7 x 10(-8)-1 x 10(-4)M. The sampling frequency is 60 samples per hour. The relative standard deviation for 1 x 10(-7), 1 x 10(-6) and 1 x 10(-5)M nitrate is 0.97, 0.84 and 0.76%, respectively. The method has been applied to the determination of nitrate in natural water samples, and recoveries of 96-103% have been attained.
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