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METHODE DPD [1 record]

Record 1 1999-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Water Pollution
  • Chemical Engineering
DEF

An analytical method for determining chlorine residual utilizing the reagent DPD (n-diethyl-a-phenylenediamine). This is the most commonly and officially recognized test for free chlorine residual.

OBS

The abbreviations "n", for "normal", and "p", for "para", must be italicized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Génie chimique
OBS

Les abréviations «n» et «p» (pour «normal» et «para») s'écrivent en italique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Ingenieria química
DEF

Método normalizado de análisis que sirve para determinar el cloro libre en el agua utilizando para ello un reactivo DPD (dietil-p-fenilendiamina).

CONT

El método DPD está sometido a la interferencia de concentraciones elevadas de monocloramina, que se evita por adición de tioacetamida inmediatamente después de la adición del reactivo.

CONT

Los métodos DPD[...] son operativamente más simples para la determinación del cloro libre que la titulación amperométrica.

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