Bromate and chlorate ions were determined via potentiometric titration
with silver nitrate after reduction to bromide and chloride ions, res
pectively, with sodium nitrite. The precision of the analysis was less
than 0.6% in all instances. It is also shown that chlorate ions can b
e determined in the presence of perchlorate with good precision. These
methods made it possible to determine bromide and bromate ions and al
so chloride and chlorate ions simultaneously.