title: A titrimetric method for the rapid determination of carbon in steel with an aqueous titrant.
abstract: It is demonstrated that the addition of 5% of water to the non-aqueous solvent for the titrimetric determination of carbon in steel improves the performance of the titration. Modifications to the procedure are proposed which allow the normal titrant, tetra-n-butylammonium hydroxide dissolved in benzene-methanol, to be replaced by an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide. The proposed procedure has been applied to the analysis of a wide range of standard steel samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde Cathedral Street, Glasgow, C.1 U.K.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ottaway
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Whymark
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Metters
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Cooksey