Determination of Phosphorus in Waste Water by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry.

Abstract

Under the EPA regulations, waste water should not contain more than 5-6mg/L of total phosphorus before it is discharged into a public sewer system. The conventional methods for determining phosphorous in waste are time consuming and also require pretreatment of samples to convert all the phosphorous to the orth-phosphate form for analysis. Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometric method (ICP-AES) has been successfully used to determine phosphorus in waste. This method is fast, accurate and does not require sample pretreatment prior to analysis. (Keywords: Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscropy, Waste, Standard addition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 16, 1986
Accession Number
ADA178077

Entities

People

  • Asha Varma

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Detection
  • Elements
  • Emission
  • Emission Spectroscopy
  • Monitoring
  • Phosphorus
  • Radio Frequency Generators
  • Security
  • Sodium Hydroxide
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Standards
  • Waste Products
  • Waste Water
  • Water

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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Engineering.