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The iron content of sea water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

F. A. J. Armstrong
F. A. J. Armstrong
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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A method, suitable for routine use, of determining total iron in sea water is described. The water is acidified to about o·13N with hydrochloric acid and is heated for 5 h in an autoclave at 140°C. Iron is determined absorptiometrically with 1:1 phenanthroline after reduction with hydroxylamine hydrochloride.

Tests of the method, collection and storage of samples and the variability of results are described.

Iron contents of water samples from the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay are reported.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , November 1957 , pp. 509 - 517
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1957

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