Portable Flow-Injection Analyzer for Nitrite and Nitrate in Natural Water

Abstract

A portable flow-injection analyzer with solid-state spectrophotometric detection for the determination of nitrite and nitrate is described. It utilizes the Griess-Saltzman reaction. The instrument comprises a two-channel peristaltic pump, two six-port injection valves and a mini cadmium column between them. The sample loops were connected serially. The detection limits of the method were less than 7 µg l^-1 for NO₂^- and 10 µg l^-1 for NO₃^-.