Purification and characterization of meta-cresol purple for spectrophotometric seawater ph measurements

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4862-4868

  Liu, Xuewu ^a   Patsavas, Mark C ^a   Byrne, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE RATIO; ABSORBANCES; ACID-BASE INDICATORS; AT-WAVELENGTH; HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION; IMPURITIES IN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NATURAL WATERS; PH MEASUREMENTS; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; VISIBLE LIGHT;

EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

INDICATOR; META CRESOL PURPLE; PROTON; SEA WATER; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DYE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PURIFICATION; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WAVELENGTH;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEASUREMENT; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PURIFICATION; SALINITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRESOLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THYMOLPHTHALEIN;

EID: 79957849335     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200665d     Document Type: Article

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