Purification of meta-cresol purple and cresol red by flash chromatography: Procedures for ensuring accurate spectrophotometric seawater pH measurements

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 150, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-24

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cresol red; Indicators; Meta cresol purple; Ocean acidification; PH; Purification; Seawater; Spectroscopic techniques; Sulphonephthalein

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DYE; DYE TRACER; PH; PRECISION; PURIFICATION; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84874423374     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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