Determination of silver, antimony, bismuth, copper, cadmium and indium in ores, concentrates and related materials by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry after methyl isobutyl ketone extraction as iodides

Methods for determining ~ 0.2 mug g or more of silver and cadmium, ~ 0.5 mug g or more of copper and ~ 5 mug g or more of antimony, bismuth and indium in ores, concentrates and related materials are described. After sample decomposition and recovery of antimony and bismuth retained by lead and calcium sulphates, by co-precipitation with hydrous ferric oxide at pH 6.20 +/- 0.05, iron(III) is reduced to iron(II) with ascorbic acid, and antimony, bismuth, copper, cadmium and indium are separated from the remaining matrix elements by a single methyl isobutyl ketone extraction of their iodides from ~2M sulphuric acid-0.1M potassium iodide. The extract is washed with a sulphuric acid-potassium iodide solution of the same composition to remove residual iron and co-extracted zinc, and the extracted elements are stripped from the extract with 20% v v nitric acid-20% v v hydrogen peroxide. Alternatively, after the removal of lead sulphate by filtration, silver, copper, cadmium and indium can be extracted under the same conditions and stripped with 40% v v nitric acid-25% v v hydrochloric acid. The strip solutions are treated with sulphuric and perchloric acids and ultimately evaporated to dry ness. The individual elements are determined in a 24% v v hydrochloric acid medium containing 1000 mug of potassium per ml by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry with an air-acetylene flame. Tin, arsenic and molybdenum are not co-extracted under the conditions above. Results obtained for silver, antimony, bismuth and indium in some Canadian certified reference materials by these methods are compared with those obtained earlier by previously published methods.     

Cation-exchange separation of metals in dimethyl sulphoxide-aqueous hydrochloric acid media

The behaviour of bismuth, cadmium, copper, lead, silver, tin and zinc on a cation-exchange resin in a solvent system consisting of dimethyl sulphoxide, hydrochloric acid and water was studied. The distribution coefficients of these metal ions between liquid and resin were determined as functions of the concentration of dimethyl sulphoxide and of hydrochloric acid. On the basis of the distribution coefficients found, predictions were made as to the possibilities of separating these metals from mixtures. Such separations were confirmed experimentally for bismuth from lead, bismuth from copper, zinc from lead, lead from cadmium, silver from copper, silver from lead, lead from cadmium from zinc, bismuth from lead from zinc, and bismuth from zinc from copper.     

Determination of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc in water samples by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after cloud point extraction

Cloud point extraction (CPE) has been used for the simultaneous pre-concentration of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc after the formation of a complex with 1-(2-thiazolylazo)-2-naphthol (TAN), and later analysis by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) using octylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol (Triton X-114) as surfactant. The chemical variables affecting the separation phase and the viscosity affecting the detection process were optimized. At pH 8.6, pre-concentration of only 50 ml of sample in the presence of 0.05% Triton X-114 and 2×10⁻⁵ mol l⁻¹ TAN permitted the detection of 0.099, 0.27, 1.1 and 0.095 ng ml⁻¹ cadmium, copper, lead and zinc, respectively. The enhancement factors were 57.7, 64.3, 55.6 and 63.7 for cadmium, copper, lead and zinc, respectively. The proposed method has been applied to the determination of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc in water samples and a standard reference material (SRM).     

The separation of copper,lead, cadmium and zinc from high purity uranium metal by ion exchange on cellulose phosphate and their determination by square wave polarography

A method has been developed for the determination of copper, lead, cadmium and zinc in high purity uranium metal. Conditions are described for the separation of these elements from uranium(VI) and iron(III) by ion-exchange on cellulose phosphate and for their determination by square wave polarography using orthophosphoric acid as base electrolyte.The procedure has been shown to be applicable to metal containing less than 5 p.p.m, of each impurity and results are compared with those obtained by other methods.     

Spectrophotometric determination of traces of several metals in ferrous and nonferrous metals and alloys after isolation by iodide extraction

Methods are presented for the determination of traces of lead, cadmium, indium, bismuth, copper, and antimony in most of the important metals and alloys used in industry. The trace metals are isolated by hexone extraction of their iodides from 5% hydrochloric acid solution and then determined spectrophotometrically. The attractive feature of the proposed procedures is that the method used for each of the trace metals is applicable to all of the matrix metals and alloys being considered.     

Analysis of bismuth base alloys : Ternary alloys containing uranium and neodymium or praseodymium

Procedures are described for the analysis of bismuth base alloys containing 0.2–5% of uranium and 0.2–5% of neodymium or praseodymium. Bismuth is first separated from a solution of the alloy in N nitric acid by extraction with diethylammonium diethyldithiocarbamate in chloroform, followed by the separation of uranium with the same reagent from an acetate buffered solution of pH 5.5–6.0. The uranium determination is completed by measuring the absorbancy of its diethyldithiocarbamate complex in chloroform. The neodymium or praseodymium is determined by titration with EDTA of the aqueous solution remaining after the separation of bismuth and uranium, using xylenol orange indicator in solutions of pH 5.6–5.8 EDTA is also used to determine the bismuth by direct titration of a separate aliquot of the sample solutions.     

Extraction and photometric determination of lead with diazacrown ether dye

N,N'-Bis(2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl)cryptand-22 (22-Koshland) forms yellow complexes with bivalent metal ions, and these are extractable into 1,2-dichloroethane. The overall extraction constants have been estimated for lead (10(-5.4)), copper (10(-5.6)), mercury (10(-5.8)) and cadmium (10(-8.4)). The result obtained has been applied to extraction and photometric determination of lead. The molar absorptivity at the absorption maximum (406 nm) is 4.47 x 10(4) l.mole(-1).cm(-1). The interferences from copper and mercury can be eliminated by the addition of sodium thiosulphate and the interference from cadmium can be eliminated by calculation from the absorbances at 406 and 391 nm (the cadmium complex with 22-Koshland has its absorption maximum at 391 nm). The method has been successfully applied to the determination of lead in zinc powder.     

Selective stripping voltammetric determinations employing cells for electrolysis with simultaneous ion-exchange or solvent extraction

Cells have been designed for stripping-voltammetry analyses employing graphite working electrodes and mercury film electrodes on a graphite support, permitting ion-exchange or solvent extraction separation simultaneously with the pre-electrolysis. The ion-exchange separation was tested on the determination of mercury in the presence of excess of copper(II), lead and cadmium and on the determination of bismuth in the presence of excess of copper(II). The solvent extraction separation was tested on the determination of mercury(II) in the presence of copper(II), lead and cadmium and the determination of copper(II) in the presence of bismuth. Very good results were obtained by using ion-exchange, where the sensitivity and precision of the determination are comparable with those obtained in the determinations without separation, the separation efficiency being very high, limited virtually only by the capacity of the ion-exchanger used. The solvent extraction separations yielded poorer results: the sensitivity of the determination is decreased substantially, the separation efficiency is not very high and difficulties arise from the adsorption of the organic phase on the electrode surface.     

Investigation of Copper(II) Interference on the Anodic Stripping Voltammetry of Lead(II) and Cadmium(II) at Bismuth Film Electrode

The bismuth‐coated electrode is known to be prone to errors caused by copper(II). This study investigates copper(II) interference at bismuth film electrode for the detection of lead(II) and cadmium(II). It was conducted using glassy carbon electrode, while the bismuth film was plated in situ simultaneously with the target metal ions at ? 1200 mV. Copper(II) presented in solution significantly reduced the sensitivity of the electrode, for example there was an approximately 70 % and 90 % decrease in peak signals for lead(II) and cadmium(II), respectively, at a 10‐fold molar excess of copper(II). The decrease in sensitivity was ascribed to the competition between copper and bismuth or the metal ions for surface active sites. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X‐ray (EDX) analysis suggested a large decrease in the amount of bismuth nanoparticles formed on the electrode surface in the presence of copper(II) occurred, validating the competition between copper and bismuth ions for surface active sites. Recovery of the stripping signal of lead(II) and cadmium(II) was obtained by adding ferrocyanide ion to the solution. Finally, the proposed method was successfully applied to determine lead(II) and cadmium(II) in water samples and the method was validated by ICP‐MS technique.     

利用碘离子增感效应和金电极导数阳极溶出法研究铜丶铅和镉的同时测定

A method of simultaneous determination of copper (II), lead (II) and cadmium (II) in sulphuric acid-iocide ion medium was established by derivative anodic stripping voltammetry (DASV) on the gold electrode. The peak theights of lead and cadmium were increased by enhancement effect of iodide ion and the peaks of bismuth and copper were well formed and completely resolved on gold electrode in the presence of iodide ion, therefore peak of copper is not affected by bismuth. The sensitivities for copper, lead and cadmium were very high and their peak potentials in the stripping voltammogram were +0.25, -0.2 and -0.27 volt, respectively. The dependence of peak height of these elemets on their concentrations was linear. The detection limits for copper, lead and cadmium were 0.2 0.2 and 0.05 ppb, respectively. We have further studied the electrode process by means of triangle cyclic voltammetry and proved that he electrode reaction of copper is reversible, and that the reversibility of electrode reactions of lead and cadmium is not good.     

Separation of bismuth from lead, copper and other elements by means of anion exchange

The anion-exchange behaviour of bismuth and various other elements has been investigated in media consisting of methyl glycol and nitric acid. Through the determination of the distribution coefficients in such mixtures, a method for the anion-exchange separation of bismuth from many metal ions has been developed. A mixture of 90% methyl glycol and 10% 5M nitric acid is a suitable medium for this separation on the strongly-basic anion exchanger Dowex 1, X8. Only bismuth, thorium and lanthanum are strongly retained on the resin in these conditions. All other elements investigated, such as lead, copper, iron, etc., are either only weakly adsorbed or are not absorbed. By means of this ion-exchange procedure, a series of analyses of copper-base alloys for bismuth has been carried out. The results show that this method can be used successfully for the quantitative isolation of bismuth from such materials. The final determination of bismuth in the eluates is performed by complexometric titration.     

Extraction-spectrophotometric determination of traces of bismuth in lead,copper and nickel metals,and in copper-base alloys with tri-n-octylamine

A rapid and sensitive spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of bismuth in lead, copper and nickel metals, and in copper-base alloys. Optimal conditions have been established for the extraction and determination of bismuth. Bismuth is extracted with a benzene solution of tri-n-octylamine in the presence of hydrobromic acid and the absorbance of the extract (bromo-complex of bismuth) at 380 nm is measured. As little as 0.5 p.p.m. of bismuth in these metals and alloys can be determined.     

Spectrophotometric determination of bismuth in concentrates and non-ferrous alloys by the iodide method after separations by diethyldithiocarbamate and xanthate extraction

A method for determining 0.0001-1% of bismuth in copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc and nickel sulphide concentrates is described. After sample decomposition, bismuth is separated from matrix and other elements, except lead and thallium(III), by chloroform extraction of its diethyldithiocarbamate complex, pH 11.5-12.0, from a sodium hydroxide medium containing citric acid, tartaric acid, EDTA and potassium cyanide as complexing agents. Following back-extraction of bismuth into 12M hydrochloric acid and reduction of thallium to the univalent state, bismuth is separated from co-extracted lead and thallium by chloroform extraction of its xanthate from a 2.5M hydrochloric acid-tartaric acid-ammonium chloride medium. Bismuth is then determined spectrophotometrically, at 337 or 460 nm, as the iodide. Interference from lead, which is co-extracted in mug-amounts as the xanthate and causes high results at 337 nm, is eliminated by washing the extract with a hydrochloric acid solution of the same composition as the medium used for extraction. The proposed method is also applicable to lead-, tin- and copper-base alloys.     

Determination of silver, bismuth, cadmium, copper, iron, nickel and zinc in lead- and tin-base solders and white-metal bearing alloys by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry

A simple atomic-absorption spectrophotometry method is described for the determination of silver, bismuth, cadmium, copper, iron, nickel and zinc in lead- and tin-base solders and white-metal bearing alloys, with use of a single sample solution. The sample is dissolved in a mixture of hydrobromic acid and bromine, then fumed with sulphuric acid. The lead sulphate is dissolved in concentrated hydrochloric acid. The method is particularly suitable for the determination of silver and bismuth, which are co-precipitated with lead sulphate. The other elements can also be determined after removal of the lead sulphate by filtration.     

Simultaneous Determination of Cadmium,Copper, Lead and Zinc in Amino Acid Parenteral Nutrition Solutions by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry and Sample Digestion by UV Irradiation

Abstract

Irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) energy was investigated to assay cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc by anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV) in amino acid parenteral nutrition (PN) solutions. Sample digestion by UV irradiation showed the best performances to liberate the metals from the samples (metal recoveries between 90% and 102%) in comparison with classical oxidative wet digestion methods. The best UV digestion condition was obtained with 1:10 diluted PN samples irradiated during 10 h at 90±3°C with the addition of one aliquot of 50 µL concentrated H₂SO₄ and repeated additions of 50 µL 30% (v/v) H₂O₂ at each 60 min irradiation interval. By using the UV digestion procedure cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc were simultaneously assayed in commercial amino acid PN solutions by ASV. The metal concentrations ranged between 1.3 to 4.4 for cadmium, 2.9 to 40.8 for copper, 4.4 to 16.8 for lead, and 1.4 to 208.5 for zinc. The ASV method correlated well with atomic absorption spectrometry measurements to assay the investigated analytes in amino acid PN samples after the UV digestion.     

电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法测定纯银中镉、铋、铁、铅、锑、钯、硒、碲

样品用硝酸溶解,加入过量盐酸沉淀分离银,过滤后利用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法测定镉、铋、铁、铅、锑、钯、硒、碲,方法检出限分别为:0.0028,0.0075,0.0036,0.011,0.010,0.021,0.0075,0.0039μg/mL;加标回收率为98.1%～114.3%;RSD小于4.2%,方法能同时准确测定镉、铋、铁、铅、锑、钯、硒、碲,满足日常分析要求。     

Solvent extraction of lead,silver, antimony and thallium with zinc dibenzyldithiocarbamate and its application to the separation of bismuth from large amounts of lead

Solvent extraction of lead, silver, antimony and thallium from various acid solutions was investigated with zinc-DBDTC as chelating reagent. These metals were quantitatively extracted over a wide range of acidity with 0.03% zinc-DBDTC solution in carbon tetrachloride. A separation procedure for bismuth from large amounts of lead was developed; bismuth was extracted from 1 M nitric acid with zinc-DBDTC and was separated from lead by subsequently washing the organic phase once with 3.5 M hydrochloric acid or twice with 3 M hydrochloric acid. Satisfactory results were obtained in separating microgram amounts of bismuth from 1 g of lead.     

Determination of arsenic in ores, concentrates and related materials by graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectrometry after separation by xanthate extraction

A method for determining approximately 0.2 mug/g or more of arsenic in ores, concentrates and related materials is described. After sample decomposition arsenic(V) is reduced to arsenic(III) with titanium(III) and separated from iron, lead, zinc, copper, uranium, tin, antimony, bismuth and other elements by cyclohexane extraction of its xanthate complex from approximately 8-10M hydrochloric acid. After washing with 10M hydrochloric acid-2% thiourea solution to remove residual iron and co-extracted copper, followed by water to remove chloride, arsenic is stripped from the extract with 16M nitric acid and ultimately determined in a 2% nitric acid medium by graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectrometry, at 193.7 nm, in the presence of thiourea (which eliminates interference from sulphate) and palladium as matrix modifiers. Small amounts of gold, platinum and palladium, which are partly co-extracted as xanthates under the proposed conditions, do not interfere.     

The application of 5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane to the extraction of metal ions

The use of 5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (Tet) in chloroform solutions provides quantitative extraction of lead(II), cadmium(II), copper(II) and zinc(II) at different pH values from solutions containing perchlorate and cyclohexanecarboxylic acid. Nickel(II) and cobalt(II) ions are not extracted quantitatively. Single extractions of mixtures of copper with transition metals gave the best separations for the copper/nickel system. Separations of copper from cobalt, lead, manganese and iron were less satisfactory.     

电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱(ICP-AES)法测定再生锌原料中铜、铅、铁、铟、镉、砷、钙、铝

采用硝酸、盐酸、氢氟酸(氟化氢铵)、高氯酸分解样品,电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法测定了再生锌原料中铜、铅、铁、铟、镉、砷、钙、铝的量。其测定范围:ω(Cu):0.01%～0.60%;ω(Pb):0.10%～5.00%;ω(Fe):0.10%～5.00%;ω(In):0.0100%～0.200%;ω(Cd):0.010%～3.00%;ω(As):0.10%～2.00%;ω(Ca):0.10%～10.00%;ω(Al):0.10%～4.00%。各元素的加标回收率为93%～113%。方法准确、快速、可靠,适用于再生锌原料中铜、铅、铁、铟、镉、砷、钙、铝量的同时测定。