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Lab Chemical-60
DEVARDA ALLOY POWDER AR
SKU: RXSOL-60-6604-411
Devarda's alloy is used as reducing agent in analytical chemistry for the determination of nitrates after
their reduction to ammonia under alkaline conditions. 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.
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. In the Marsh test, used for arsenic determination, hydrogen is generated by contacting zinc powder with hydrochloric acid.