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Preparation of Common Types of Desk Reagents Specified in This Book

Acid Solutions Prepare the following reagents by cautiously adding required amount of concentrated acid, with mixing, to designated volume of proper type of distilled water. Dilute to 1000 mL and mix thoroughly. See Table A for preparation of HCl, H2SO4, and HNO3solutions.

Alkaline Solutions a. Stock sodium hydroxide, NaOH, 15N (for preparing 6N, 1N, and 0.1N solutions): Cautiously dissolve 625 g solid NaOH in 800 mL distilled water to form 1 L of solution.
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Remove sodium carbonate precipitate by keeping solution at the boiling point for a few hours in a hot water bath or by letting particles settle for at least 48 h in an alkali-resistant container (wax-lined or polyethylene) protected from atmospheric CO2 with a soda lime tube. Use the supernate for preparing dilute solutions listed in Table B. Alternatively prepare dilute solutions by dissolving the weight of solid NaOH indicated in Table B in CO2-free distilled water and diluting to 1000 mL. Store NaOH solutions in polyethylene (rigid, heavy-type) bottles with polyethylene screw caps, paraffin-coated bottles with rubber or neoprene stoppers, or borosilicate-glass bottles with rubber or neoprene stoppers. Check solutions periodically. Protect them by attaching a tube of CO2-absorbing granular material such as soda lime or a commercially available CO2-removing agent.*#(1) Use at least 70 cm of rubber tubing to minimize vapor diffusion from bottle. Replace absorption tube before it becomes exhausted. Withdraw solution by a siphon to avoid opening bottle. b. Ammonium hydroxide solutions, NH4OH: Prepare 5N, 3N, and 0.2N NH4OH solutions by diluting 333 mL, 200 mL, and 13 mL, respectively, of the concentrated reagent (sp gr 0.90, 29.0%, 15N) to 1000 mL with distilled water. Indicator Solutions a. Phenolphthalein indicator solution: Use either the aqueous (1) or alcoholic (2) solution. 1) Dissolve 5 g phenolphthalein disodium salt in distilled water and dilute to 1 L. 2) Dissolve 5 g phenolphthalein in 500 mL 95% ethyl or isopropyl alcohol and add 500 mL distilled water. If necessary, add 0.02N NaOH dropwise until a faint pink color appears in solution 1) or 2). b. Methyl orange indicator solution: Dissolve 500 mg methyl orange powder in distilled water and dilute to 1 L.

TABLES Table A: PREPARATION OF UNIFORM ACID SOLUTIONS*


Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4)

Desired Component

Specific gravity (20/4C) of ACS-grade conc acid Percent of active ingredient in conc reagent Normality of conc reagent

1.1741.189 3637 1112

1.8341.83 9698 36

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Desired Component

Hydrochloric Acid (HCl)

Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4)

Volume (mL) of conc reagent to prepare 1 L of: 18N solution 6N solution 1N solution 0.1N solution Volume (mL) of 6N reagent to prepare 1 L of 0.1N solution Volume (mL) of 1N reagent to prepare 1 L of 0.02N solution

500 (1 + 1) 83 (1 + 11) 8.3 17 20

500 (1 + 1 167 (1 + 5 28 2.8 17 20

*All values approximate. The a + b system of specifying preparatory volumes appears frequently throughout this manual and means that a volumes of the concentrated reagent are diluted with b volumes of distilled water to form the required solution.

Table B: PREPARATION OF UNIFORM SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS Required Weight of NaOH to Prepare 1000 mL of Solution g 240 40 4 Required Volume of 15N NaOH to Prepare 1000 mL of Solution mL 400 67 6.7

Normality of NaOH Solution 6.0 1.0 0.1

Standard Atomic Weights, 1995[Scaled to Ar(12C) = 12]


The atomic weights of many elements are not invariant but depend on the origin and treatment of the material. The standard values of Ar(E) and the uncertainties (in parentheses, following the
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last significant figure to which they are attributed) apply to elements of natural terrestrial origin. The footnotes to this Table elaborate the types of variation which may occur for individual elements and which may be larger than the listed uncertainties of values of Ar(E). Names of elements with atomic number 104 to 111 are temporary.
Name Symbol Atomic Number Atomic Weight Footnotes

Actinium* Aluminium Americium* Antimony Argon Arsenic Astatine* Barium Berkelium* Beryllium Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Calcium Californium* Carbon Cerium Cesium Chlorine Chromium Cobalt Copper Curium* Dysprosium Einsteinium* Erbium Europium Fermium*

Ac Al Am Sb Ar As At Ba Bk Be Bi B Br Cd Ca Cf C Ce Cs Cl Cr Co Cu Cm Dy Es Er Eu Fm

89 13 95 51 18 33 85 56 97 4 83 5 35 48 20 98 6 58 55 17 24 27 29 96 66 99 68 63 100

26.981538(2) 121.760(1) 39.948(1) 74.92160(2) 137.327(7) 9.012182(3) 208.98038(2) 10.811(7) 79.904(1) 112.411(8) 40.078(4) 12.0107(8) 140.116(1) 132.90545(2) 35.4527(9) 51.9961(6) 58.933200(9) 63.546(3) 162.50(3) 167.26(3) 151.964(1) g g, r

g, m, r g g g, r g m

r g g g

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Atomic Number

Name

Symbol

Atomic Weight

Footnotes

Fluorine Francium* Gadolinium Gallium Germanium Gold Hafnium Helium Holmium Hydrogen Indium Iodine Iridium Iron Krypton Lanthanum Lawrencium* Lead Lithium Lutetium Magnesium Manganese Mendelevium* Mercury Molybdenum Neodymium Neon Neptunium* Nickel Niobium Nitrogen Nobelium*

F Fr Gd Ga Ge Au Hf He Ho H In I Ir Fe Kr La Lr Pb Li Lu Mg Mn Md Hg Mo Nd Ne Np Ni Nb N No

9 87 64 31 32 79 72 2 67 1 49 53 77 26 36 57 103 82 3 71 12 25 101 80 42 60 10 93 28 41 7 102

18.9984032(5) 157.25(3) 69.723(1) 72.61(2) 196.96655(2) 178.49(2) 4.002602(2) 164.93032(3) 1.00794(7) 114.818(3) 126.90447(3) 192.217(3) 55.845(2) 83.80(1) 138.9055(2) 207.2(1) [6.941(2)] 174.967(1) 24.3050(6) 54.938049(9) 200.59(2) 95.94(1) 144.24(3) 20.1797(6) 58.6934(2) 92.90638(2) 14.00674(7) g

g, r g, m, r

g, m g g, r g, m, r g

g g g, m

g, r

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Atomic Number

Name

Symbol

Atomic Weight

Footnotes

Osmium Os Oxygen O Palladium Pd Phosphorus P Platinum Pt Plutonium* Pu Polonium Po Potassium K Praseodymium Pr Promethium* Pm Protactinium* Pa Radium* Ra Radon* Rn Rhenium Re Rhodium Rh Rubidium Rb Ruthenium Ru Samarium Sm Scandium Sc Selenium Se Silicon Si Silver Ag Sodium Na Strontium Sr Sulfur S Tantalum Ta Technetium* Tc Tellurium Te Terbium Tb Thallium Tl Thorium* Th Thulium Tm

76 8 46 15 78 94 84 19 59 61 91 88 86 75 45 37 44 62 21 34 14 47 11 38 16 73 43 52 65 81 90 69

190.23(3) 15.9994(3) 106.42(1) 30.973762(4) 195.078(2)

g g, r g

39.0983(1) 140.90765(3) 231.03588(2)

186.207(1) 102.90550(2) 85.4678(3) 101.07(2) 150.36(3) 44.955910(8) 78.96(3) 28.0855(3) 107.8682(2) 22.989770(2) 87.62(1) 32.066(6) 180.9479(1) 127.60(3) 158.92534(3) 204.3833(2) 232.0381(1) 168.93421(2)

g g g

r g g, r g, r

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Atomic Number

Name

Symbol

Atomic Weight

Footnotes

Tin Titanium Tungsten Unnilennium* Unnilhexium* Unniloctium* Unnilpentium* Unnilquadium* Unnilseptium* Ununnilium Unununium Uranium* Vanadium Xenon Ytterbium Yttrium Zinc Zirconium *

Sn Ti W Une Unh Uno Unp Unq Uns Uun Uuu U V Xe Yb Y Zn Zr

50 22 74 109 106 108 105 104 107 110 111 92 23 54 70 39 30 40

118.710(7) 47.867(1) 183.84(1)

238.0289(1) 50.9415(1) 131.29(2) 173.04(3) 88.90585(2) 65.39(2) 91.224(2)

g, m g, m g

Element has no stable nuclides. Commercially available Li materials have atomic weights that range between 6.94 and 6.99; if a more accurate value is required, it must be determined for the specific material. g geological specimens are known in which the element has an isotopic composition outside the limits for normal material. The difference between the atomic weight of the element in such specimens and that given in the Table may exceed the stated uncertainty. m modified isotopic compositions may be found in commercially available material because it has been subjected to an undisclosed or inadvertent isotopic fractionation. Substantial deviations in atomic weight of the element from that given in the Table can occur. r range in isotopic composition of normal terrestrial material prevents a more precise Ar(E) being given; the tabulated Ar(E) value should be applicable to any normal material. Source: INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY. 1996. Atomic weights of the elements, 1996, Pure Appl. Chem. 68:2339.

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Abbreviations
The following symbols and abbreviations are used throughout this book:
Abbreviation Referent

AA A or amp AC ACS amu APHA ASTM AWWA BOD C c Ci cm, cm2, cm3 COD conc cpm cps d DC diam DO DOX dpm g

atomic absorption ampere(s) alternating current American Chemical Society atomic mass units American Public Health Association American Society for Testing and Materials American Water Works Association biochemical oxygen demand degree(s) Celsius count(s) curie(s) centimeter(s), square centimeter(s), cubic centimeter(s) chemical oxygen demand concentrated counts per minute counts per second day direct current diameter dissolved oxygen dissolved organic halogen disintegrations per minute gram(s)

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Abbreviation Referent

g GC GC/MS h HPLC IC ICP ID IU KeV kg kPa L M m, m2, m3 MCL MDL me meV mg min mL mm, mm2, mm3 mol wt MPN MS mV A

gravity, unit acceleration of gas chromatograph gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer hour high-performance liquid chromatography ion chromatograph inductively coupled plasma inside diameter international unit(s) kiloelectron volt(s) kilogram(s) kilopascal liter(s) mole or molar meter(s), square meter(s), cubic meter(s) maximum contaminant level method detection level milliequivalent(s) megaelectron volt(s) milligram(s) minute(s) milliliter(s) millimeter(s), square millimeter(s), cubic millimeter(s) molecular weight most probable number mass spectrometer millivolt(s) microampere(s)

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Abbreviation Referent

Ci g L m N nCi ng NIST No. NTU OD Pa pCi pg PTFE PVC rpm rps SD SDI s sp., spp. sp gr ST SVI TFE THM

microcurie(s) microgram(s) microliter(s) micrometer(s) normal nanocurie(s) nanogram(s) National Institute of Standards and Technology number nephelometric turbidity unit(s) outside diameter pascal picocurie(s) picogram(s) polytetrafluoroethylene polyvinyl chloride revolution(s) per minute revolution(s) per second standard deviation sludge density index second(s) species specific gravity standard taper sludge volume index tetrafluoroethylene trihalomethane(s)

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Abbreviation Referent

TOC TON TOX Toxicity terms U USGS USP UV V v/v W WEF WPCF

total organic carbon threshold odor number total organic halogen see Section 8010B unit(s) U.S. Geological Survey United States Pharmacopoeia ultraviolet volt(s) volume ratio watt(s) Water Environment Federation see WEF

Abbreviations of periodical titles in reference lists and bibliographies are based on those given in Biosis. List of Serials with Title Abbreviations, 1970. Biosciences Information Service of Biological Abstracts, Philadelphia, Pa.

General Information

Table A: UNIT PREFIXES


Multiples and Submultiples

Symbol

Prefix

M k m

megakilomillimicro-

106 103 103 106

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Multiples and Submultiples

Symbol

Prefix

n p

nanopico-

109 1012

Table B: METRIC-ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS


Metric Unit Multipled by = English Unit

m lux L cm kg g kPa

3.279 0.0929 0.2642 0.394 2.203 0.0353 0.145

ft ft-c gal in. lb oz psi

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