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    BromineChlorine by DPD

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    Total bromine is monitored rather than just free bromine because both combined (bromamines) and free bromine (hypobromous acid and hypobromite) contribute to disinfection, while hypobromite alone is relatively ineffective. In contrast, combined chlorine (chloramines) is less effective at disinfection than free chlorine (hypochlorous acid and hypochlorite), so free chlorine is usually monitored. The DPD test kit can measure both total bromine and free chlorine by with or without the addition of glycine, which binds chlorine only.

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    BromineChlorine by DPD

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    Total bromine is monitored rather than just free bromine because both combined (bromamines) and free bromine (hypobromous acid and hypobromite) contribute to disinfection, while hypobromite alone is relatively ineffective. In contrast, combined chlorine (chloramines) is less effective at disinfection than free chlorine (hypochlorous acid and hypochlorite), so free chlorine is usually monitored. The DPD test kit can measure both total bromine and free chlorine by with or without the addition of glycine, which binds chlorine only.

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    Total bromine is monitored rather than just free bromine because both combined (bromamines) and free bromine (hypobromous acid and hypobromite) contribute to disinfection, while hypobromite alone is relatively ineffective. In contrast, combined chlorine (chloramines) is less effective at disinfection than free chlorine (hypochlorous acid and hypochlorite), so free chlorine is usually monitored. The DPD test kit can measure both total bromine and free chlorine by with or without the addition of glycine, which binds chlorine only.

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    BromineChlorine by DPD

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    Total bromine is monitored rather than just free bromine because both combined (bromamines) and free bromine (hypobromous acid and hypobromite) contribute to disinfection, while hypobromite alone is relatively ineffective. In contrast, combined chlorine (chloramines) is less effective at disinfection than free chlorine (hypochlorous acid and hypochlorite), so free chlorine is usually monitored. The DPD test kit can measure both total bromine and free chlorine by with or without the addition of glycine, which binds chlorine only.

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    Bromine/Chlorine by DPD

    Created By: Jan Roukema on 06/14/2000 at 03:50 AM


    Category: Help Desk - Field Methods

    Question: Why is Total Bromine monitored but nor Free Bromine?

    The reason for measuring Total Bromine is that the disinfection effect is achieved with combined
    (bromamines) and free bromine (hypobromous acid + hypobromite). Hypobromite is relatively
    ineffective so not important.

    In the case of Chlorine, combined chlorine (chloramines) is less effective whilst free chlorine
    (hypochlorous acid + hypochlorite) is. Therefore mainly free chlorine is measured for monitoring
    the disinfection effect.

    Jan Roukema
    14/06/2000 10:04
    To: Juha Rintala/UK/Euro/Nalco@Nalco
    cc: Susan M Askew-Clay/LE/Euro/Nalco@Nalco, Jim Bruce/LE/Euro/Nalco@Nalco

    Subject: Re: Test kit for metering free bromine

    The DPD kit can be used for Bromine and Chlorine and the procedure is the same. If only Bromine is
    present you do not need the glycine and only need to convert the chlorine value to bromine (multiply
    chlorine by 2.25). If chlorine and bromine is present see below:

    It is possible to "bind" chlorine with glycine which results in only


    bromine reacting with the DPD reagent.

    Add 200µl van 10% Glycine-solution (10g in 100 ml of demin water) per 10
    ml sample. Follow the DPD-F
    test as described in de procedure.

    To summarise:

    WITH glycine: total bromine


    WITHOUT glycine: Free chlorine + total bromine

    Note to convert your reading from Cl2 to Br2 if you want to express it in
    this way.

    Glycine can be ordered via NASE (Boom 999-371-000: GLYCINE PRO-ANALYSIS QUANTITY
    100 GR).
    Let me know if you have any additional questions.

    Regards
    Jan

    ---------------------- Forwarded by Jan Roukema/LE/Euro/Nalco on 14/06/2000 09:54 ---------------------------

    Jim Bruce
    08/06/2000 08:06
    To: Jan Roukema/LE/Euro/Nalco, Juha Rintala/UK/Euro/Nalco@Nalco
    cc: Susan M Askew-Clay/LE/Euro/Nalco@Nalco

    Subject: Re: Test kit for metering free bromine

    Jan,

    Can you provide the details.

    Juha, The Bromine test is essentially the same as the Total Chlorine. Variations can give some limited
    differentiation. If you measure TOTAL HALOGEN in terms of either Chlorine or Bromine, then you have a
    good guide to the oxidising biocide levls present.

    Jim

    Juha Rintala

    Juha Rintala
    06/07/2000 02:21 PM
    To: Jim Bruce/LE/Euro/Nalco@Nalco
    cc: Susan M Askew-Clay/LE/Euro/Nalco@Nalco

    Subject: Test kit for metering free bromine

    Jim,

    I'm running a MB control trial here in Oulu Finland and we are treating the incoming water with
    Actibrom and hypochlorite. At the moment we are only measuring the free chlorine using the Hach
    test kit involving a comparator disk
    and DPD sachets. I need to test for free bromine also. Do we have discs for measuring free bromine
    and the necessary test sachets. I realise that these would be supplied by NASE but I would like to
    have more knowledge of what to ask for before I contact them directly.

    Best regards,
    Juha Rintala

    ...........................

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