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This line of thinking quoted here turns out to be very wrong....
So I tested using half the reagent concentration than what is called for in my marine nitrate/ nitrite test kit. It gives me ~30% HIGHER readings: 199 vs 148 and 98 vs 76 (visibly more pink) than just using the recipe as is and doubling everything.
So this curve only applies to using the test kit in the ratios specified.
Ok, this discussion made me realize I may be adding a totally unnecessary amount of reagents....
And we got essentially the same trend line with me using like 3x the reagent concentration.
Am I thinking this through right - that I really only need reagents in proportion to the NO3, not the mL of sample?
Speculation until data backs it up, but it probably won't even need its own graph.
I mean, the data so far has lined up pretty tight even though I was using about 3x the reagent concentration that Dan did.
So I tested using half the reagent concentration than what is called for in my marine nitrate/ nitrite test kit. It gives me ~30% HIGHER readings: 199 vs 148 and 98 vs 76 (visibly more pink) than just using the recipe as is and doubling everything.
So this curve only applies to using the test kit in the ratios specified.
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