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It is a fast applicable parameter for industrial wastewater, water controlling plant, sewage, rivers, lakes or
aquifers but not applicable for drinking water as the lower content of oxidizable organic matter.
Frequently, a silver compound like Silver sulfate is used as a catalyst to promote oxidation of certain
organic compounds such as linear aliphatic compounds, aromatic compounds and pyridine. Some
inorganic materials like chloride, nitrite may interfere with the result of COD. Chloride interference can
eliminate by adding Mercuric sulfate whereas nitrite interference can eliminate by adding sulfamic acid.
2. Distilled water
6. Ferroin indicator
7. Mercuric sulfate
8. Silver sulfate
9. Water bath
12. Burette
13. Pipettes
2. Take 500 ml conical flask/ reflux flask and filled with 50ml of sample water.
4. Determinate the chloride ion. If it contains a significant amount then, add 1 g of HgSO4
and 5.0 ml conc. H2SO4; then swirl the mixture until the mercuric sulfate dissolves.
5. After that place the reflux flask in an ice bath and slowly add 25ml of potassium
dichromate solution (K2Cr2O7) with swirling.
6. Now add 75 ml of a mixture of sulfuric acid-silver sulfate solution to the cooled reflux
flask with swirling.
7. Apply heat to the mixture under reflux in water bath at 150C temperature for two hours.
8. Then allow the flask to cool about room temperature and wash the condenser with
distilled water. Transfer the mixture into 500 ml Erlenmeyer flask.
9. Then titrate the excess dichromate with 0.25 N ferrous ammonium sulfate, Fe(NH4)2SO4
solution by using 2 to 4 drops of ferroin indicator. At the end point the color turns from
blue-green to reddish brown and take the burette reading. Let the reading is B ml.
Where,
A is the volume of FAS used in the blank sample, in milliliters.
B is the volume of FAS in the original sample, in milliliters.
N is the normality of FAS solution.
V = milliliters of sample used for the test.