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You are measuring Ca2+ in drinking water using an ISE. You diluted 1 mL of the d

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Question

You are measuring Ca2+ in drinking water using an ISE. You diluted 1 mL of the drinking water with 19 mL ddH2O. You have standards of Ca2+ in ddH2O. You add 1 mL of a commercial ISA reagent to 20 mL of each standard or the diluted sample. You then measure the ISE response of each sample using the voltmeter. The following data are obtained:

ID

mV

Ca2+ (?g/L)

Standard

22.07

0.12

Standard

45.11

1.08

Standard

75.92

11.5

Standard

100.34

178

Standard

116.97

1,206

Standard

161.55

20,045

Sample

67.83

?

What is the concentration of Ca2+ in the diluted drinking water (?g/L)? (ONE QUESTION, ALL INFORMATION GIVEN!)

ID

mV

Ca2+ (?g/L)

Standard

22.07

0.12

Standard

45.11

1.08

Standard

75.92

11.5

Standard

100.34

178

Standard

116.97

1,206

Standard

161.55

20,045

Sample

67.83

?

Explanation / Answer

For ISE measures, you can use the Nernst eq. as:

Emeasure = constant + (0.05916/z) * log ([A])

Where z is the charge of the ion and [A] is the molar concentration. we can plot the values you gave and get the value of the constant. Then, we can use the equation in order to get [A]. But first, check that you have the concentrations in mg/L and we need it in mol / L for use this. What I

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