LaMotte SMART3 Colorimeter - Manual (Page 157)

COPPER
DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE METHOD • CODE 3646-SC
QUANTITY CONTENTS CODE
15 mL *Copper 1 *6446-E
*WARNING: Reagents marked with an * are considered to be potential health
hazards. To view or print a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for these reagents
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The copper content of drinking water generally falls below 0.03 parts per million,
but copper levels as high as 1.0 part per million will give water a bitter taste.
Waters testing as high as 1.0 part per million copper have probably been treated
with a copper compound, like those used in the control of algae, or have become
contaminated from untreated industrial wastes. The addition of copper sulfate to
lakes causes an increase in the copper content of the sediments. Acid waters and
those high in free carbon dioxide may cause the corrosion or “eating away” of
copper, brass and bronze pipes and fi ttings. This corrosion results in the addition
of copper into the water supply.
APPLICATION: Drinking, surface, and saline waters; domestic and
industrial wastes.
RANGE: 0.00–7.00 ppm Copper
MDL: 0.10 ppm
METHOD: Copper ions form a yellow colored chelate with
diethyldithiocarbamate around pH 9-10 in proportion to
the concentration of copper in the sample.
SAMPLE HANDLING
& PRESERVATION:
Copper has a tendency to be adsorbed to the surface of
the sample container. Samples should be analyzed as
soon as possible after collection. If storage is necessary,
0.5 mL of 20% hydrochloric acid per 100 mL of sample
will prevent “plating out.” However, a correction must be
made to bring the reaction into the optimum pH range.
INTERFERENCES: Bismuth, cobalt, mercurous, nickel and silver ions and
chlorine (6 ppm or greater) interfere and must be absent.
SMART3 Test Procedures 11.10 COPPER, Thiocarbamate
Test P
rocedures