A critical study of the curcumin method for the determination of boron in plant material

Title: A critical study of the curcumin method for the determination of boron in plant material
Creator: Davidson, Raymond John
Subject: Plants -- Nutrition
Subject: Boron
Subject: Turmeric
Date Issued: 1958
Date: 1958
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MSc
Identifier: vital:4458
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011003
Description: Methods for the determination of boron are reviewed. A thorough investigation of the curcumin method was undertaken. Factors such as spectral absorption, boron volatilisation and the effects of pH, the stability of reagents and colour solutions, the drying of reaction products and the interference from certain elements, were investigated. A study of the efficiency of extracting boron from plant material using an ashing procedure is presented. The modified curcumin method for the determination of boron in plant material is described. The statistical accuracy and precision of the modified method is presented. The modified method was used to determine the boron content in citrus and pineapple leaf samples obtained from various parts of the Eastern Cape.
Format: 131 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Science, Chemistry
Language: English
Rights: Davidson, R J

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