4,7-Dihydroxy-1,10-phenanthroline is used as a phenanthroline stain. Its iron(II) complex reacts rapidly with dissolved oxygen in aqueous solution, thereby it is utilized for the spectrophotometric determination of dissolved oxygen up to 20 ppm.

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