- Carius halogen method
The Carius halogen method in
analytical chemistry is a method for the quantitative determination ofhalogen s inchemical substance s [Julius B. Cohen "Practical Organic Chemistry" 1910 [http://www.archive.org/details/PracticalOrganicChemistry Link to online text] ] .In this technique a
chemical substance is oxidized with fumingnitric acid under pressure (in a sealed glass tube) in the presence ofsilver nitrate at a maximum operating temperature of 230 °C. This process forms an insoluble silver halide which precipitates when diluted with water and can be filtrated and weighed.This
chemical test works equally well for the determination ofsulfur but without addition of silver nitrate. Thesulfuric acid intermediate formed after reaction of sulfur with nitric acid forms insolublebarium sulfate on addition ofbarium chloride .References
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