Spectrophotometric Determination of Uranium(VI) with Chlorophosphonazo-mN by Flow Injection Analysis

Abstract

A sensitive and selective spectrophotometric flow injection analysis (FIA) method with chlorophosphonazo-mN has been developed for the determination of uranium(VI) in standard ore samples. Most of interfering ions are effectively eliminated by the masking reagent of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA). In the U(VI)-chlorophosphonazo-mN system, the maximum absorption wavelength is at 680 nm and Beer's law is obeyed in the range of 1 to 15 μg ml^?1. The correlation coefficient of the calibration curve is 0.9998, the sampling frenquency is 60 h^?1, and the detection limit for uranium(VI) is 0.5 μg ml^?1. The composition of the U(VI)-chlorophosphonazo-nN complex was established to be 1:2 by flow-through spectrophotometric and conventional molar ratios methods.     

Extractive Spectrqphotometric Determination of Vanadium Liith o-Aminobenzo-Hydroxamic Acid

Abstract

A new spectrophotometric method for vanadium determination is proposed. The method is based on the extraction in Adogen-toluene solution of the complex formed between V(V) and o-Aminobenzohydraxámic acid

The method allows determination of 50 to 110 μg of V(V). The error and the apparent molar absorptivity are 1.2% and 5.2 ± 10³ l.mol^?1. cm^?1 respectively. The interferences caused by foreign ions have been established. The method is applied with success to determination of vanadium in petroleum crudes.     

Determination of Hg Traces in Gallium By Anodic Stripping Voltammetry on Glassy Carbon

Abstract

An A.S.V. method for determination of mercury in ultrapure gallium has been developed. The procedure is very simple and allows a sensitivity high enough to verify the highest purity level of Ga as concerns Hg traces (i.e. 1×10^?5 % Hg in Ga by weight).

The above method was applied to some samples of gallium used in this laboratory.     

A SERS spectroelectrochemical investigation of the interaction of O-isopropyl-N-ethylthionocarbamate with copper surfaces

The interaction of the sulfide mineral flotation collector, O-isopropyl-N-ethylthionocarbamate (IPETC), with copper surfaces has been investigated by surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. Adsorption of IPETC has been shown to involve a charge transfer process in which the sulfur atom in the organic species becomes bonded to a copper atom in the metal surface and the hydrogen is displaced from the nitrogen atom to form a hydrogen ion in solution. IPETC and copper IPETC compounds were characterised by ¹³C NMR and Raman spectroscopy to provide a basis for identifying surface species. The formal potential for the Cu ∣ IPETC system in acid and neutral solutions was found to be 0.131 V and the dependence of the reversible potential on IPETC concentration and on pH to be in agreement with the proposed mechanism. The SERS investigations showed that adsorption of IPETC commenced at a potential more than 0.31 V below the reversible value for the formation of the bulk copper compound; this behaviour is analogous to that previously found for the adsorption of other thiol collectors on metal and sulfide mineral surfaces. An estimate is made of the potential dependence of the interaction of IPETC with chalcocite.     

A Comparison of Chromatographic Methods for the Determination of Deoxynivalenol in Wheat

Liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometric detection has gained more importance for mycotoxin determination in recent years. In addition to instrumental improvements, the development of LC-MS-MS has also been a consequence of the availability of stable isotope internal standards, e.g., ¹³C-labelled mycotoxins. Thus, the LC-ESI-MS-MS method using a ¹³C₁₅-deoxynivalenol internal standard as a state-of-the-art technique was selected as a reference procedure for an in-house method comparison study of the determination of deoxynivalenol (DON) in wheat materials. Alternative methods include LC-diode array detection, which is a frequently used routine procedure for DON-analysis, and gas chromatography after trimethylsilylation. For GC application, an electron capture detector and a negative chemical ionisation mass spectrometry detector were used, which have both been well described in the literature. The method comparison was conducted using t test statistics. Additionally, this study also calculates important method performance characteristics, including accuracy, linearity, limit of detection, limit of quantification, recovery, and variation coefficient. Furthermore, this is the first report of a GC-MS method for the determination of DON using a fully carbon-labelled ¹³C₁₅-DON as an IS. The GC-MS using ¹³C₁₅-DON as an IS has produced comparable results to the ¹³C-IS-LC-MS-MS reference method with a similar sensitivity. ECD detection was slightly less sensitive, but is also suited for DON analysis in wheat. Due to the high LOQ, the LC-DAD method seems highly applicable to the measurement of highly contaminated samples.

     

A Spectrophotometric Detector for High-Performance Liquid Chromatography of Inorganic Polyphosphates

Abstract

A spectrophotometric detector for high-performance liquid chromatography of inorganic polyphosphates such as orthophosphate, diphosphate and triphosphate is described. This method is based on the employment of an air-segmented technique (AutoAnalyzer II, Technicon) as a detector, in combination with a post-column reaction using a molybdenum reagent.     

Elimination De L'Interference Des Salicyles Dans Le Dosage U. V. Du Paracetamol Sanguin

Abstract

Authors propose a simple method for U. V. determination of blood paracetamol in emergency toxicology. First, diethy1-ether extraction allows salicylate elimination (especially salicylic acid which is the most frequently used in therapy). Secondly paracetamol is extracted by ethyl-acetate and measured by U. V. spectrophotometry at 244 nm. The method provides good repeta-bility (C V=3.3 %) and reproducibility (C V u 4.3 %) with a detection limit of 2 mg L^?1 in plasma.     

Extract-Photometric Determination of Vanadium with Isophthaldihydroxamic Acid

Abstract

The spectrophotometric study of violet complex isophthaldihydroxamic acid-vanadium extracted into solution of trioctylmethylammonium chloride in ethylacetate was made (λ_max = 380 nm, ? = 7500 l.mol^?1.cm^?1; λ_max = 510 nm, ? = 5510 l.mol^?1 .cm^?1; stoichiometries, 1:1 and 1:2, V:reagent). A new method for the extract-spectrophotometric determination of V(V) in the range 14–80 μg of vanadium is proposed.     

High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Assay of Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Injection

Abstract

A stability indicating high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for determining hydromorphone hydrochloride in dosage forms is described. The drug was chromatographed on a C₁₈ reverse phase column, using a mobile phase consisting of sodium lauryl sulfate, acetic acid, acetonitrile and water, and detected at 280 nm. Linearity of detector response to the concentration was confirmed. The procedure showed excellent reproducibility and gave quantitative recoveries of the drug from spiked placebos. Photodegraded samples of the dosage form, were assayed by the HPLC procedure and the current USP spectrophotometric procedure. Comparison of the results showed that the USP procedure is only partially stability indicating.     

Extractive Spectrophotometric Determination of Ondansetron by Ion-Pair Formation with Bromocresol Green

Abstract

An empirical spectrophotometric procedure for the determination of the antiemetic ondansetron is carried out. The method is based on the formation of a 1:1 ion pair with bromocresol green in the pH range over 3.2 – 4.4, extraction into chloroform layer and spectrophotometric measurement at 420.8 nm. The calibration graph is linear over the range 0.1 – 20 μg ml^?1 ondansetron, with a relative standard deviation of 2.7%; the influence of foreign substances is also studied. The method is applied to ondansetron determination in human urine.     

Poly[Ni(II)Protoporphyrin IX] Modified Electrode for Amperometric Detection of Acetylcholine (Ach) and Choline (Ch)

Abstract

Poly[Ni(II)Protoporphyrin IX] (pNiPP) modified electrode can be used as an alternative method for direct amperometric detection of Acetylcholine (Ach) and Choline (Ch). This response is highly dependent on the electrode potential, that must be higher than +0.4 V versus Ag/AgCl with a maximum at +0.6 V.

Other amino derivatives such as ethanolamine and tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide did not show amperometric response in the same experimental conditions. On the contrary, KCl shows an increasing amperometric signal in flow injection for a concentration range of 10^?3 to 1 M, indicating certain sensitivity of membrane to Cl^? ions. The lowest detection limit corresponds to the highest cationic volume. The response for acetylcholine is slightly higher than for choline and is almost completely non‐linear for both substrates. The proposed model for the response is Y=(A×X)/(B+X) according to AICc Akaike method.

Choline, in a complex solution, was analyzed by HPLC with the chemically modified electrode as detector.     

A Comparative Study on Spectrophotometric,Conductometric and Potentiometric Determination of Ascorbic Acid

Abstract

A comparison has been made on the selectivity, accuracy and precision of spectrophotometric, conductometric and potentiometric methods for the determination of ascorbic acid in water which is based on the reduction of gold(III) ion by ascorbic acid. Gold(III) ion forms a complex with gelatin in alkaline medium which on reduction with ascorbic acid produces coloured gold sol. The sol shows an absorption maximum at 540 nm with molar absorptivity of 2.3×10^?3litre mol^?1 cm^?1 and the Sandell's sensitivity of 7.6 × 10^?2 μgcm^?2. The relative standard deviation is 0.22% and the confidence limit (20 determinations, 95%) is 2.0 ± 0.009%. To examine the extent of sensitivity of the spectrophotometric method the proposed method is compared with the sensitivities of the conductometric and potentiometric methods.     

Some Arylidene-2-Pyridylhydrazone Derivatives as Reagents for Spectrophotometric Determination of Palladium (II)

Abstract

A method for spectrophotometric determination of palladium by complexation with Arylidene-2-pyridylhydrazone derivatives in 50% (V/V) ethanolic solution are described-Pd(II) forms a 1:1 complex with the reagents. Beer's law is obeyed over the range 0.2-6.5 μg ml^?1. The effect of pH, effect of excess reagent, stability of complexes as well as the tolerance amount of many metal ions have been reported. The method is applied, with fair accuracy, to the determination of pd(II) in synthetic solutions.     

A Rapid,Simple, and Sensitive Spectrophotometric Determination of Traces of Vanadium (V) in Foodstuffs,Alloy Steels,and Pharmaceutical,Water, Soil,and Urine Samples

Abstract

A rapid, simple, sensitive, and selective spectrophotometric method is investigated for the determination of traces of vanadium (V) in foodstuffs, alloy steels, and pharmaceutical, water, soil, and urine samples in aqueous DMF medium. The metal ion forms a green colored complex with 2-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (HMBATSC) in an acidic buffer of pH 6.0. The green colored solution, having an absorbance maximum at 380 nm, is stable for more than 72 hours. Beer's law is obeyed in the range of 0.051–2.037 µg ml^?1. The molar absorptivity and Sandell's sensitivity of the method are found as 2.75 × 10⁴ l mol^?1 cm^?1 and 0.0018 µg cm^?2, respectively. The green colored complex has 1:2 [V(V)-HMBATSC] stoichiometry. The stability constant of the complex is determined as 3.267 × 10¹¹ by Job's method. The optimum reaction conditions and other analytical parameters are studied. A sensitive and selective second-order derivative spectrophotometry has also been proposed for the determination of V(V). The interference of various cations and anions are studied. The present method is successfully applied to the determination of vanadium (V) in foodstuffs, alloy steels, and pharmaceutical, water, soil, and urine samples.     

Determination of Orciprenaline Using a Flow Injection Analysis System with Sequential Potentiometric and Spectrophotometric Detection

Abstract

This work describes an attempt to have a flow injection analysis (FIA) system for Orciprenaline with potentiometric and spectrophotometric detectors working sequentially. The potentiometric detection was performed using an orciprenaline ion-selective electrode made of orciprenaline ion-associate with phosphotungstic acid incorporated in a PVC matrix membrane, followed by sequential spectrophotometric detection of the same sample using the reaction of orciprenaline with phosphomolybdic acid in alkaline medium and measurement at 670 nm using a USB2000 fiber-optic spectrophotometer. The method was applied and validated for the assay of different samples that are 1.0 × 10^?2–1.0 × 10^?7 M orciprenaline, and the recovery values for Alupent® tablets, plasma and urine sample ranged from 99.39–100.93, 99.87–100.57, and 98.83–100.64 respectively for the potentiometric detector and 99.66–100.58, 99.78–100.69 and 99.12–100.92 respectively for the sequential spectrophotometric detector. It was found that using the double detection system compensated for both the unselectivity of the spectrophotometric method and the low detection limit of the potentiometric method (6.3 × 10^?4 M). Although two detectors were used in the measurements, the method is still very simple to design and apply, in addition to being rapid and less expensive than other more sophisticated techniques applied in the literature and can therefore be used for other pharmaceutical compounds as well.     

Spectral Investigation on Ruthenium(III)-allyl Thiourea System

Abstract

Ruthenium(III) forms a 1:2 complex with allyl thiourea. Conformity to Beer's law was observed for up to 12 pg/ml of ruthenium, in acidic medium.

The molar absorptivity of the complex is 1.66E+04 1 mol^?1 cm^?1, at 270 nm; the Sandell's sensitivity of the reaction for ruthenium is 0.0061 μg cm^?2 per 0.001 absorbance unit.

The tolerance to diverse ions is quite satisfactory.

The infrared spectra of allyl thiourea and of its ruthenium complex, recorded in the 2.5 - 50 μ region, reveal that only sulphur-to-ruthenium bonds are present in the complex.

A comparison with the main, most recent, spectrophotometric reagents for ruthenium is reported. The present method has the advantages of simplicity and reasonable sensitivity.     

Mixed Ligand Complexes of Vanadium(V): Extraction With Some New Hydroxamic Acids and Application in Steel.,Rock and Environmental Anaysis

Abstract

Five new substitued hydroxamic acids are used for extraction and spectrophotometric determination of vanadium(V) in trace amounts. the binary complex of vanadium (V) with H-p-ciloropheny 1-3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamohdroxamic acid (PTCHA) and the mixed ligand complex of vanadium (V) with N-p-cinlorpheny-p-chlorophenoxyisobutyrohydroxamic acid (PP3HA) and thiocyanete were studied. The molar absorbtivities of the bluish violet vanadium(V) hydroxamate and mixed ligand complexes are 6.9 × 10³ and 1.1 × 10⁴ cm³ mol^?3 cm^?1, respectively. The vanadium is also determined with AAs and the method is applied for its determination in steel. alloy, rock and environmental samples.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron(III) as Azide Complexes in Aqueous Tetrahydrofuran

Abstract

A simple, sensitive and alternative method for the spectrophotometric determination of iron(III) has been established. The procedure is based on the formation of iron-azide complexes in 60% (v/v) tetrahydrofuran/ water medium. The high sensitivity obtained in this method is due to the use of an interesting absorption band not previously reported in the literature. In the recommended conditions, absorbances for the ferric complexes are measured at 400 nm where the molar absorptivity is 1.52 × 10⁴ 1 mol^?1 cm^?1. The organic solvent used increases the sensitivity and the stability of the measurements. The precision is shown by the average deviation of about 0.3%. This system obeys Beer's law and is suitable for iron(III) determination in the concentration range from 0.6 to 3.2 mg 1^?1 (ppm). The best experimental conditions were determined studying the different factors involved. The influence of various diverse ions was also studied.     

Study of space charge phenomena in d.c. electron-capture detectors

The influence of space charge phenomena on the field and the potential in a d.c. electron-capture detector (ECD) under simplified conditions was studied. The results make it possible to explain the shape of the current-voltage characteristics of a d.c. ECD and the dependence of the sensitivity of such a detector on the electrode distance with positively and negatively polarized sources. All of these dependences studied using an ECD with variable geometry (electrode distances between 0.25 and 30 mm) and a changeable radioactive source (³H, ⁶³Ni, ²⁴¹Am).     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Vanadium in Complex Materials Using N-m-TMBHA and Thiocyanate

Abstract

Vanadium(V) reacts with N-m-Tolyl-p-methoxy benzohydroxamic acid to form 1:2 (metal to ligand) complex containing a basic V=O group and an acidic V-OH group, which forms addition compounds with thiocyanate to give a hyper and bathochromic effect in chloroform. On the basis of this bathochromic effect of thiocyanate a rapid, selective and sensitive method for the spectrophotometric determination of vanadium(V) has been developed. The blue coloured complex of vanadium(V) is extractable in chloroform having absorption maxima at 580nm and max 7100 ±50 1. mole^?1 cm^?1. The method is free from interferences of Mo(VI), W(VI), Zr(IV) and has been successfully applied for the analysis of steels and other complex materials.