This analysis is suitable for determining the sulfate content of beer, wort, water, NAB and fruit juice.
Sulfate ions are precipitated with barium ions in the form of barium sulfate and determined gravimetrically.
The method describes how to determine the sulfate content of water through precipitation.
Barium chloride sulfate is precipitated as coarse crystalline barium sulfate. The precipitate is determined gravimetrically:
SO42- + Ba2+ → BaSO4