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DEVARDAS ALLOY

Product code RXSOL-60-6604-412

DEVARDAS ALLOY

Description

Devarda's alloy, is an alloy of aluminium, copper and zinc. Devarda's alloy is used as reducing agent in analytical chemistry for the determination of nitrates after their reduction to ammonia under alkaline conditions. 

Application
Application

Devarda's alloy is a reducing agent that was commonly used in wet analytical chemistry to produce so-called nascent hydrogen under alkaline conditions in situ. 

Precautions
Precautions