1. INTRODUCTION - India Environment Portal
1. INTRODUCTION - India Environment Portal
1. INTRODUCTION - India Environment Portal
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<strong>1.</strong>3.3.4 Salinity<br />
The halogen compound in seawater may be precipitated as very slightly soluble<br />
silver complexes. When all chlorides were precipitated by addition of silver<br />
nitrate, free ions from the silver were detected with a potassium chromate<br />
indicator, which changes the color. The calculations of salinity were made after<br />
correction from Knudsen’s table. Salinity is expressed in psu.<br />
<strong>1.</strong>3.3.5. Ammonia - Nitrogen (NH4 - N)<br />
Ammonia - Nitrogen in seawater samples was determined with the indophenol<br />
blue method using trione. Care has been taken for the analysis of ammonia with<br />
ammonia free distilled water to avoid any contamination as ammonia is highly<br />
soluble in water. The absorbance measurements were made at 630 nm. NH4 - N<br />
is expressed in µg/l.<br />
<strong>1.</strong>3.3.6. Nitrite - Nitrogen (NO 2 - N)<br />
Nitrite was determined by the method of Bendschneider and Robinson whereby<br />
the nitrite in water sample was diazotised with sulphanilamide and coupling with<br />
N-1-Naphthyl ethylene diamine dihydrochloride. The absorbance of the resultant<br />
azo dye was measured at 543 nm. NO 2 - N is expressed in µg/l.<br />
<strong>1.</strong>3.3.7 Nitrate - Nitrogen (NO3 - N)<br />
Nitrate in seawater sample was first reduced to nitrite by heterogeneous reduction<br />
by passing the buffered samples through an amalgamated cadmium column and<br />
the resultant nitrite was determined. The measured absorbance was due to initial<br />
nitrite in the sample and nitrite obtained after reduction of nitrate. Necessary<br />
correction was therefore made for any nitrite initially present in the sample. NO 3 -<br />
N is expressed in µg/l.<br />
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