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Properties

Details

Analyte	System	Method/Chemistry	Standard/Equivalance or Description	Comparator	Cell
Chloride	Drop test	Argentometric	1 drop = 10 ppm Clˉ	NA	9198O
Molybdenum	Drop test	Complexometric (uses powdered indicator for increased stability)	1 drop = 2, 5, 20, or 50 ppm Mo	NA	9198
Hardness, Total	Drop test	EDTA titration (includes inhibitors to prevent metal interference)	1 drop = 10 ppm total hardness as CaCO₃	NA	9198B
Sulfite (Sodium)	Drop test	Iodometric	1 drop = 10 ppm Na₂SO₃	NA	9198W
Silica	Midget comparator	Heteropoly blue	5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50 ppm SiO₂; By dilution: 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, 250 ppm SiO₂ or 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500 ppm SiO₂	9257	4025
Alkalinity, P/T	Drop test	Phenolphthalein/blended indicator	1 drop = 10 ppm P/T alkalinity as CaCO₃	NA	9198G
Nitrite (Sodium Nitrite)	Drop test	Ceric oxidation of nitrite ("CAN")	1 drop = 40 ppm NaNO₂	NA	9198R

Storage

All reagents have a shelf life, whether they are liquids, powders, crystals, tablets, or test-strip pads. If kept dry, powders and crystals are very stable; acids are also long lived. Date of manufacture is not the controlling factor when it comes to shelf life-storage conditions are more important. As with all perishables, reagents are sensitive to environmental influences and will last longer under controlled conditions.

To this end, we recommend:
• Storing reagents at a consistent temperature in the range if 36°-85°F (2°-29°C); extreme temperature fluctuation, say from a refrigerator to a hot car trunk, causes reagents to deteriorate.
• Keeping them out of prolonged direct sunlight. (Note: their brown plastic bottles help protect very light-sensitive reagents.)
• Segregating reagents from containers of treatment chemicals.
• Replacing caps immediately and tightening them carefully so that exposure to air and humidity is limited.
• Avoiding switching bottle caps, placing bottle caps on soiled surfaces, repouring reagents into contaminated containers, or touching test strip pads.

We formulate reagents to remain effective for at least one year, with only very few exceptions (molybdenum indicator in liquid form is one; after four months old it should be tested against a standard periodically). As a general precaution, replace all reagents more than one year old, or at the beginning of a new testing season.

Research Field

Market: Industrial

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Applications

Application

Boiler/Cooling Tower

Application Description

Test Parameter	Description
Orthophosphate at concentrations greater than 25 ppm will precipitate as silver phosphate to cause positive interference. This can be prevented by diluting orthophosphate concentrations below 25 ppm with DI water. Bromide, iodide, and cyanide at all levels titrate as equivalent chloride concentrations. Sulfide, thiosulfate, and sulfite interfere but can be removed by treatment with hydrogen peroxide. Quats may interfere; to prevent add 10 drops of R-0884.	Chloride
Iron > 10 ppm may cause negative interference. Ortho- and polyphosphate may cause positive interference; to prevent, test for interfering agent, dilute sample with DI water as necessary, and retest. Positive interference caused by EDTA at all levels. Filming amines and quats may cause negative interference; to prevent, add 3 drops of R-0884.	Phosphonate
Metal ions may cause interference; to prevent, add titrant containing EDTA to sample before buffer and indicator, then test as normal making sure to count drops of titrant added initially in total required to reach endpoint. If interference still occurs, dilute sample with DI water as necessary and retest. Quats may cause interference.	Hardness
Iron may cause positive interference; to prevent, dilute sample with DI water as necessary and retest. Sulfide and tannin may cause negative interference; to prevent, dilute sample with DI water as necessary and retest.	Silica
High halogen level may change indicator reaction from green/red to blue/yellow; to prevent, add thiosulfate prior to testing. Filming amines, quats, and biguanides may interfere and cause the endpoint to look purple; to prevent, add 10 drops of R-0884 prior to testing.	Alkalinity
Test should be run on clean, clear sample; filter out colloidal color and turbidity before beginning test procedure. High concentrations of HEDP (over 30 ppm) may cause positive interference; to prevent, test for interfering phosphonate, dilute sample with DI water as necessary, and retest. Thiocarbamate-based biocides may cause interference; to prevent, do not test while feeding thiocarbamates into water system. Sodium nitrite over 800 ppm may cause negative interference; to eliminate, dilute sample with distilled, deionized, or molybdenum- and nitrite-free water then retest.	Molybdenum
Glycol may cause interference; to prevent, use "CAN" test method (cerium oxidation of nitrite) on glycol-treated systems. Quats may cause interference by forming a precipitate.	Nitrite
Erythorbic acid, sulfide and ferrous iron may cause positive interference; to prevent, test for suspected interfering agent, dilute sample with DI water as necessary, and retest. Copper and nitrite may cause negative interference; to prevent, test for suspected interfering agent, dilute sample with DI water as necessary, and retest. Delay between taking sample and testing may cause negative interference; to prevent, perform test immediately after sample is taken. Quats may cause interference by forming a precipitate and causing a yellow endpoint.	Sulfite