Copper – LaMotte SMART Spectro Spectrophotometer User Manual

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COPPER

CUPRIZONE METHOD • CODE 4023

QUANTITY

CONTENTS

CODE

15 mL

Copper A

P-6367-E

15 mL

* Copper B

P-6368-E

*WARNING: Reagents marked with a * are considered to be potential health hazards. To view
or print a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for these reagents see MSDS CD or
www.lamotte.com. To obtain a printed copy, contact LaMotte by e-mail, phone or fax.

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 fittings. This
corrosion results in the addition of copper to the water supply.

APPLICATION:

Drinking, surface, and domestic waters; swimming pool
water.

RANGE:

0.00–2.00 ppm Copper

METHOD:

Copper ions form a blue complex with cuprizone, in a 1 to 2
ratio, at a pH of about 8, 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:

at 1 ppm. Cr

, Co

, and silicate at 10 ppm. As

, Ca

, Ce

, Hg

, Fe

, Mn

, Ni

and ascorbate

at 100 ppm.
Many other metal cations and inorganic anions at 1000 ppm.
EDTA at all concentrations.

SMART SPECTRO TEST PROCEDURES 05.04

Copper-Cuprizone 1/2