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Chemometrics-assisted spectrophotometry method for the determination of chemical oxygen demand in pul** effluent

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A new method has been developed for the determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in pul** effluent using chemometrics-assisted spectrophotometry. Two calibration models were established by inducing UV-visible spectroscopy (model 1) and derivative spectroscopy (model 2), combined with the chemometrics software Smica-P. Correlation coefficients of the two models are 0.9954 (model 1) and 0.9963 (model 2) when COD of samples is in the range of 0 to 405 mg/L. Sensitivities of the two models are 0.0061 (model 1) and 0.0056 (model 2) and method detection limits are 2.02–2.45 mg/L (model 1) and 2.13–2.51 mg/L (model 2). Validation experiment showed that the average standard deviation of model 2 was 1.11 and that of model 1 was 1.54. Similarly, average relative error of model 2 (4.25%) was lower than model 1 (5.00%), which indicated that the predictability of model 2 was better than that of model 1. Chemometrics-assisted spectrophotometry method did not need chemical reagents and digestion which were required in the conventional methods, and the testing time of the new method was significantly shorter than the conventional ones. The proposed method can be used to measure COD in pul** effluent as an environmentally friendly approach with satisfactory results.

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    Honglei Chen, Yuancai Chen, Huaiyu Zhan & Shiyu Fu

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Chen, H., Chen, Y., Zhan, H. et al. Chemometrics-assisted spectrophotometry method for the determination of chemical oxygen demand in pul** effluent. Environ Monit Assess 175, 321–329 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1534-0

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