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4.

Add Toluidine Blue O Indicator (3995) as follows:

25 mL sample, add 8 drops;
10 mL sample, add 3 drops;
5 mL sample, add 2 drops.

Swirl to mix. Sample should turn light blue.

5.

While swirling test tube, add Quat
Titrating Solution (3996) one drop
at a time, until color changes from
blue to purple. Hold bottle vertically.
For best results, when the color
change is first detected, use the
Endpoint Color Chart (3613-CC) as
shown to match the color of the
solution exactly to the endpoint.
Continue adding Quat Titrating
solution one drop at a time, until
color matches endpoint. Count the
number of drops added.

6.

Calculate result in ppm.

25 mL sample: subtract three (3) from number of drops used in
Step 5. Multiply by 2.
10 mL sample: subtract one (1) from number of drops used in
Step 5. Multiply by 5.
5 mL sample: subtract one (1) from number of drops used in step
5. Multiply by 10.

Record as ppm Quat.
NOTE:

The quat equivalence is based on n-alkyldimethylbenzyl

ammonium chloride, molecular weight 360. If a quat of different
molecular weight is tested, multiply the equivalence by:

equivalence

molecular weight

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360

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