Question

Glutamic acid (C;H,O4N) is used as one of the reagents for a standard to check the BOD test. Determine the theoretical oxygen demand of 63of glutamic acid. Assume the following

reactions apply:mg/L \mathrm{C}_{5} \mathrm{H}_{9} \mathrm{O}_{4} \mathrm{~N}+4.5 \mathrm{O}_{2} \rightleftharpoons 5 \mathrm{CO}_{2}+3 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}+\mathrm{NH}_{3} \mathrm{NH}_{3}+2 \mathrm{O}_{2} \rightleftharpoons \mathrm{NO}_{3}+\mathrm{H}^{+}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \text { Answer: } \mathrm{ThOD}=89.14 \text { or } 89 \mathrm{mg} / \mathrm{L}

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