[Coral-List] Re: Calcium in the Florida Keys

[Xinping Hu]

Hi, Chris,

    You may try EGTA titration using a Ca2+ ion selective eletrode as 
the endpoint detector with an automatic titrator. Please refer to this 
and revise required seawater volumn accordingly.

Kanamori S. and Ikegami H. (1980) Computer-processed potentiometric titration for the determination of calcium and magnesium in sea water. J. Oceanol. Soc. Jpn. 36, 177-184.

Xinping Hu
Old Dominion University


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