Raquel B.R. Mesquita

Dr. Raquel B.R. Mesquita

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia
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Academic Career Length

27Years (2000-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 March 2014 in Water Research
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Catarina L. AmorimCatarina L. Amorim
Catarina L. Amorim
AMAlexandra S. Maia
Alexandra S. Maia
Raquel B.R. MesquitaRaquel B.R. Mesquita
Raquel B.R. Mesquita
António RangelAntónio Rangel
António Rangel
MLMark van Loosdrecht
Mark van Loosdrecht
Paula Maria Lima CastroPaula Maria Lima Castro
Paula Maria Lima Castro

1 June 2015 in Ecological Engineering
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Cristina Sousa Coutinho CalheirosCristina Sousa Coutinho Calheiros
Cristina Sousa Coutinho Calheiros
VBVânia S. Bessa
Vânia S. Bessa
Raquel B.R. MesquitaRaquel B.R. Mesquita
Raquel B.R. Mesquita
Hans BrixHans Brix
Hans Brix
António RangelAntónio Rangel
António Rangel
Paula Maria Lima CastroPaula Maria Lima Castro
Paula Maria Lima Castro

1 August 2009 in Analytica Chimica Acta
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Raquel B.R. MesquitaRaquel B.R. Mesquita
Raquel B.R. Mesquita
António RangelAntónio Rangel
António Rangel

1 November 2020 in Talanta
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FFFrancisca T.S.M. Ferreira
Francisca T.S.M. Ferreira
Raquel B.R. MesquitaRaquel B.R. Mesquita
Raquel B.R. Mesquita
António RangelAntónio Rangel
António Rangel

1 April 2015 in Journal of Hazardous Materials
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Irina Sousa MoreiraIrina Sousa Moreira
Irina Sousa Moreira
Catarina L. AmorimCatarina L. Amorim
Catarina L. Amorim
Ana RibeiroAna Ribeiro
Ana Ribeiro
Raquel B.R. MesquitaRaquel B.R. Mesquita
Raquel B.R. Mesquita
António RangelAntónio Rangel
António Rangel
Paula Maria Lima CastroPaula Maria Lima Castro
Paula Maria Lima Castro

22 March 2002 in Journal of Environmental Monitoring
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Raquel B.R. MesquitaRaquel B.R. Mesquita
Raquel B.R. Mesquita
SFSílvia M. V. Fernandes
Sílvia M. V. Fernandes
António RangelAntónio Rangel
António Rangel
A sequential injection analysis system for the turbidimetric determination of chloride in different types of water is proposed. The determination is based on the reaction of chloride with silver ions and the subsequent measurement of the turbidity caused by silver chloride precipitation. In this method, the use of toxic reagents, such as mercury thiocyanate, commonly employed in most spectrophotometric techniques for chloride determination, is avoided. The main feature of the developed system is the use of a single configuration to carry out the determination over a wide concentration range (2–400 mg L−1) by changing only the aspirated sample volume. This characteristic allows the determination of chloride in ground, surface and wastewaters using the same manifold. In addition, a considerable saving of precipitating reagent is achieved due to non-continuous consumption. The results obtained with the developed system were statistically indistinguishable from those of the potentiometric titration reference method. Relative standard deviations for ten consecutive injections were lower than 3.7%, with a sampling frequency of between 55 and 57 determinations per hour.