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Vidmarka method

Vidmarka a method (E. M. of P. Widmark, the Swedish judicial physician, 1889-1945) – the way of quantitative definition in cadaveric material of alcohol which is based on implementation of its distillation with further oxidation by potassium bichromate; the amount of alcohol is determined by amount of the recovered bichromate.

 
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