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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 23
(2018) pp 96-98
A Colorimetric Approach to Vitamin C Analysis
John C. O’C. Young
Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 3C3, john.young@smu.ca
Received February 15, 2018. Accepted April 18, 2018.
Published: 12 May 2018
Abstract. A simple colorimetric alternative to the conventional iodine-thiosulphate-starch titration procedure is described and exemplified in a determination of the ascorbic acid content of a vitamin C tablet.
Key Words: Laboratories and Demonstrations; analytical chemistry
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: john.young@smu.ca)
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