TECH Brief 5 – Titrations for Weak Dissociable Cyanide in Water and Free Cyanide

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No concentration should ever be reported as “0”. The limit of detection of free cyanide by titration should be determined and if the value obtained on a sample is less than the LOD, the result should be reported as “not detected” or <LOD. It is an important analysis to perform as cyanide is used for extraction of gold in mining and the extent that this anion may be reporting to environment needs to be known.