Abstract

                                Studios to find out the contribution of various ions to the electrical conductivity were conducted, using pure salt solutions and correlation studies to find out the relationship between electrical conductivity, total solids and various ions, using results of water analysis were taken up. It was found that electrical conductivity value was highly correlated with CI, SO, and HCO,. The contribution of Hсо, and CO, to electriel conductivity was very low. A method using a regression equation was proposed to avoid the gravimetric estimation of SO and a method of calculating various ions using the above method in analysis of water samples and in alkalinity studies of soils has been indicated.

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