Simple Water Test Question

[doresy]

Anybody know why we have to shake the hell out of the Nitrate test?

 

[donna123]

hi,
nope ive no idea, ,
its odd that its the only one you have to shake the hell out of lol.

 

[DarkEntity]

makes sure the particles in the test are thoroughly and evenly spread through the liquid so you get an even test. I actually shake all the tests prior to use.

 

[doresy]

makes sure the particles in the test are thoroughly and evenly spread through the liquid so you get an even test. I actually shake all the tests prior to use.

Yes, I can understand and in fact do myself shake all the bottles and testing tubes. What I was wondering in particular was why a 30 second shake of the bottle and a 1 minute shake of the nitrate test after adding bottle 2. is required. Of course the test liquid has to be dispersed but as the liquid is not dense and the amount of water so small I was curious to know if there was a special reason for the attention to the shaking. It is what it is I suppose

 

[fiki]

has to do w/ the chemical properties of the actual nitrate reacting w/ the nitrate indicator... if you legitimately care that much... look up the nitrate/indicator solution's properties and compare it to the nitrates...
probably because the nitrates are polar and the indicators aren't as polar so they don't combine well...