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Main Title Evaluation of a prototype instrument for determining phosphorus in water /
Author Hoover, Thomas B. ; Long., J. MacArthur
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Author Title of a Work
Long, J. MacArthur.
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab., Athens, Ga.
Publisher Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; Available through the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA 600-4-76-033; EPA-ROAP-16ADN-72
Stock Number PB-262 234
OCLC Number 03410785
Subjects Flame photometry
Additional Subjects Phosphorus ; Water analysis ; Flame photometry ; Surface waters ; Sewage ; Chemical analysis ; Performance evaluation ; Nutrients ; Calibrating ; Design criteria ; Water pollution detection
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91013LRA.PDF
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EJED  EPA 600/4-76/033 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 02/11/2005
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-4-76-033 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-4-76-033 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/19/2022
ESAD  EPA 600-4-76-033 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-262 234 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vi, 19 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
A second-generation flame spectrometer for the direct determination of phosphorus in water was evaluated. Response to phosphorus in the form of phosphoric acid was linear from 0.5 to 16 ppm phosphorus. The relative standard deviation was approximately constant at 20 percent over the range. River water and municipal sewage effluent were analyzed after the addition of phosphoric acid (1.8 ppm P) and filtration through a series of microporous membranes. Recovery of the added phosphorus averaged 70 percent for the river water and 95 percent for the sewage effluent after treatment with cation exchange resin. There was no clear relation to filter pore size in the range 5 to 0.2 micrometers. Analyses of the higher range EPA Nutrient Reference Samples (approximately 0.5 ppm P) agreed within one standard deviation with the reference values, both for inorganic and total phosphorus. The lower concentration range samples (approximate 0.1 ppm P) gave barely detectable signals.
Notes
"EPA 600-4-76-033." "October 1976." Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (page 18).