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Many phosphate test kits use a liquid reagent containing ammonium heptamolybdate in strong acid solution (usually sulfuric, sometimes hydrochloric) and another crystalline/powdered reagent that is ascorbic acid. These ones always produce a blue color (perhaps pale yellow at the lowest PO4 concentration), with the intensity being correlated with the phosphate concentration. In my experience, they are remarkably stable when stored in the dark at room temperature.Just wondering if anyone is aware of what the reagents are in the kit and how stable they are.
If you had a standard to test, you would not have to rely on the expiration date. You might find kits last a long time.Just realized my kit expired several months ago. Can I trust the results?
Same here one that expired in 2016 I still use it. Its the same blue as a hanna checker.
for comparison, i found and tested some PO4 reagent envelopes for my hanna checker that expired in 2016 and they yield the same results as my unexpired reagent.
Still using my 2016 Red Sea. I should increase my testing and use it up faster so the new bottles don't expire as well
Lol id be worried about that. But something is better than nothing? I should clarify i dont use it for a precise reading like i do with the Hanna checker, but just to see if po4 register's or not so im not starving things.The N95 mask I've been wearing to bring food to my daughter in quarantine (coming back from Australia when her semester of study abroad was cancelled mid term) expired in 2005. Hope the pores have not opened up too much. lol