Iron (II) is measured in abandoned mine drainage using a phe…
Iron (II) is measured in abandoned mine drainage using a phenanthroline method (Standard Methods for the examination of water and wastewater, method 3500-Fe). In this method 1.00 ml of duplicate water samples are acidified, added to phenanthroline solution and diluted to 100.0 ml. The solution turns deep red and is measured at 510 nm. A series of standards from 0.50-2.00 ug/ml Iron(II) are prepared and their absorbance measured. The data for these solutions is given below. Using this data calculate the concentration of iron(II) in the original mine drainage samples.