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Evaluation Of The Precision Of The Flow Injection Doublet Peak, Julian Tyson, Rt Echols

Chemistry Department Faculty Publication Series

The factors affecting the precision of the flow injection doublet peak method are discussed with particular reference to the contribution from the uncertainty associated with the calibration procedure. A single-line flow injection manifold was used in which the concentration gradients were generated by alternating helical reactors and the reaction products were monitored by a simple detector incorporating diodes as light source and intensity transducer. The reactions between lanthanum and Methyl Thymol Blue and between sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid in the presence of Bromothymol Blue were used. Optimization studies involved the method of steepest ascent, two figures of merit (the …