Ammonium acidimetric determination

Reagents for acidimetric titration or photometric analysis of the ammonium-ion content in the distillate see "Acidimetric determination following... 

The chemical compositions of the samples, obtained from chemical analyses are reported in Table 1. In order to check the chemical analyses, the mother and washing liquors were collected, analysed and their acidity was titrated. In all cases, the alkaline cations were detected only as traces. The acidimetric titration allowed us to determine the HPA amount remaining in the solution. On the other hand, the samples separated after precipitation and washings were weighted in order to calculate the precipitate yields. The results are reported in table 1 where the samples are designated as MxY (M being the alkaline or ammonium cation, Y the heteroatom, x the stoichiometry deduced from chemical analyses. 

The lithium carbonate concentration was measured by acidimetric titration with methyl orange indicator. The calcium sulfate and calcium hydroxide concentrations were determined by titration with disodium dihydrogen Versenate [the disodium salt of (ethylenedinitrilo) tetraacetic acid], with added magnesium chloride. A buffer of ammonium chloride in ammonium hydroxide was employed. The indicator was Erio-chrome Black T. A special high purity calcium carbonate in hydrochloric acid was used as a standard. Because of the high concentration of sodium sulfate it was con-... 

The ammonium ions are now determined either acidimetrically or photometrically in aliquot parts (see Ammonium, Section 3.3.5). 

The nitrogen contained in organic substances in water is converted to ammonium ions by KjeldahEs decomposition method. The ammonium ions are distilled from alkaline solution as ammonia, collected in boric acid solution and determined acidimetrically or photometrically in the receiver. Ammonium ions originally contained in the sample are separated, identified and deducted, or separated off by distillation before carrying out the Kjeldahl decomposition. Nitrite and nitrate are volatilized by H2SO4 in the... 

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