Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...an amount of the sample that contains not more than 0.2 mg. of manganese. Add 0.5 cc. of sulfuric acid and evaporate to dryness. Heat until the sulfuric acid is volatilized and ignite the residue. Dissolve in 40 cc. of nitric acid, add about 0.5 gram of sodium bismuthate, and heat until the permanganate color disappears. Add a few drops of a solution of ammonium or s sodium bisulfate to clear the solution and again boil to expel oxides of nitrogen. Remove from the source of heat, cool to 20 C, again add 0.5 gram of sodium bismuthate, and stir. When the maximum permanganate color has developed, filter through an alundum or Gooch crucible containing an asbestos mat ignited and washed with potassium permanganate. Wash the precipitate with dilute sulfuric acid until the washings are colorless. Transfer the filtrate to a 50 cc. Nessler tube and compare the color of it with that of standards prepared from the potassium permanganate solution. To prepare the standards, dilute portions of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 cc., etc. of the permanganate solution to 50 cc. with dilute sulfuric acid. The content of manganese is calculated as described under persulfate method (p. 49). LEAD, ZINC, COPPER, AND TIN.' Determinations of lead, zinc, copper, and tin are important in certain mining regions and in places where the water has a solvent action on pipes and other containers. The use of certain "germicides" also makes it necessary to test for some of these metals. Lead, zinc, and copper may be determined colorimetrically or electrolytically. The colorimetric methods are not so accurate as a combination of both, and are chiefly of value as qualitative tests. It is possible to make a rough estimation of the amount of lead in clear waters by acidifying with...