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1,5-diphenylcarbazide

Empakt - 27-1-2006 at 12:46

Hey I was wondering what alcoholic solvent is most often used to dissolve 1,5-diphenylcarbazide in order to measure metallic ions, such as mercury(II) in water? Should the alcohol be miscible or immiscible in water?

unionised - 29-1-2006 at 06:59

Vogel's "qualitative inorganic analysis" just says a solution in alcohol- presumably ethanol. I guess methanol or IPA would work.