A new system for the spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of nitrite in environmental samples

A selective and rapid spectrophotometric method for the determination of nitrite is presented. It is based on the reaction of nitrite with p-nitroaniline in acid medium to form diazonium ion, which is coupled with ethoxyethylenemaleic ester or ethylcyanoacetate in basic medium to form azo dyes, show...

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Main Authors: Cherian Tom, Narayana Badiadka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2006-01-01
Series:Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532006000300022