2. Interferences
Glycine, urea, glutamic acid, cyanates, and acetamide hydrolyze very slowly in solution on standing but, of these, only urea and cyanates will hydrolyze on distillation at pH of 9.5. Hydrolysis amounts to about 7% at this pH for urea and about 5% for cyanates. Volatile alkaline compounds such as hydrazine and amines will influence titrimetric results. Residual chlorine reacts with ammonia; remove by sample pretreatment. If a sample is likely to contain residual chlorine, immediately upon collection, treat with dechlorinating agent as in Section 4500-NH3.B.3d.