[The determination of chloride in plasma and serum (mercury(II)-thiocyanate method) with the Greiner Electronic Selective Analyzer GSA II (author's transl)].

1. A mercury(II)-thiocyanate method for the determination of chloride in plasma and serum was adapted for the Greiner Electronic Selective Analyzer GSA II. A sample blank value and a partial reagent blank value were determined by omitting thiocyanate from the control system. 2. The course of the reaction was investigated. For a reaction time of 350-500 s, the response was linear between 30 and 130 mmol/l. Between 90 and 110 mmol/l, the deviation between the actual and the theoretical value is less than 1%. 3. The calibration must be checked and, if necessary, restandardized; this is probably due to variable contamination of the reagents with chloride ions. 4. Haemolysis, lipaemia and bilirubin do not interfere. Protein has no effect on the course of the reaction. 5. At concentrations around 100 mmol/l, the in series precision, expressed as the variation coefficient (%), is 0.3-0.6% for aqueous solutions, 0.4-0.8% for liquid control sera, and 0.8-1.5% for lyophilized control sera. 6. No carry over was detectable from samples containing 150 to those containing 10 mmol/l.