The author has investigated in detal the necessary conditions for a rapid polarographic determination of copper in iron and steel, and obtained a new simplified method requiring only 20 min, the outline of which is as follows: dissolve 1 g of sample in 10∼15 cc of HNO3(1:1), pour it slowly and stir to make 60 cc of the supporting electrolyte solution (4 N-NH4 OH, 1 N-NH4Cl), filter, take 5 cc of the filtrate, add 2 drops of 1 percent solution of gelatine as maximum suppressor and 10 drops of saturated solution of Na2SO3 as oxygen eliminator and copper is determined polarographically. The correction for the temperature is made by the use of a correction equation. This a new simplified apparatus for more rapid analysis is devised. By this method copper can be determined in about 10 minutes.
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