“…As the basis for quantitative determination of phosphate species, phosphorus-31 NMR offers several potential advantages compared to chromatography, including (1) simultaneous observation of all phosphorus-containing species and only the phosphorus-containing species, (2) structural information which may complement or aid quantitation, (3) application to systems for which other methods do not exist or are not appropriate (e.g., degradation on column packing), and (4) quantitation with or without standards, and quantitation with an elemental as opposed to a molecular standard. In regard to the use of standards, Rabenstein and Keire point out that NMR differs from chromatographic and other spectroscopic methods in that a predetermined response factor for each compound being determined is not required.…”