I-Cod reagent vial isho uhlobo oluthile lwe-vial olusetshenziswa ekuhlaziyweni kwamakhemikhali ukukala isidingo sesampula yamakhemikhali. I-COD yisilinganiso senani le-oksijini elidingekayo kumakhemikhali amakhemikhali ama-organic ne-inorganic akhona kwisampula yamanzi.
I-POD reagent vial iqukethe amakhemikhali adingekayo nama-reagents ukwenza lula ukusabela kwe-oxidation. Ngokuvamile kufaka phakathi ingxubevange ye-oxidizing agents eqinile, efana ne-potassium dichromate noma i-potassium permanganate, kanye namanye amakhemikhali asiza ukuqala futhi asheshise inqubo ye-oxidation.