On the reaction between iodide and mercury(II)

A survey on the iodide-mercury(II) reaction and its analytical uses is given. Titrations of iodide with mercury(II) in various acidities, using nitrate, acetate, and chloride as titrants and silver or platinum amalgam as the indicator electrode, showed that mercury(II) nitrate is the best titrant giving 0.46 V/0.1 ml potential break in comparison with 0.14 V/0.1 ml of mercury(II) chloride and 0.35V/0.1 ml of mercury(II) acetate, all titrants being 0.05 M in mercury(II).     

The use of iodate and periodate with iodide in the potentiometric titration of arsenite,sulfide, and sulfite with mercury (II)

A new potentiometric method is adopted for the accurate microdetermination of arsenite, sulfide and sulfite. The reductant is added to a known excess of standard iodate or periodate properly acidified with sulfuric acid. To the brown solution containing iodine equivalent to the reductant, an excess of standard iodide solution is added followed by titrating unreacted iodide with mercury (II) potentiometrically using the silver amalgam as indicator electrode. The potential breaks which averaged 350 mV per 0.1 ml of 0.05 M titrant were sharp enough for the precise determination of end points, and hence the high accuracy of the present method. In addition, besides simplicity and rapidity the stoichiometry of the reaction between iodate or periodate with the above reductants is still maintained even with the very low concentration.     

The heterometric microdetermination of mercury with mercaptobenzthiazole in the presence of an excess of foreign metals

1. A general method is presented for the determination of 1–2 mg mercuric mercury, in the absence of complexing agents, in 20 ml solution, with an error of 0–3 %. The solution may contain: Ca, Ba, Mg, Zn, Mn, Ni, Co or Cd as nitrate of sulphate in a concentration of 0.2M. The concentration of Pb should be <0.1M and that of Al, Cr or Fe ?0.05M. 2. A special method is presented for the determination of mercury (1–2 mg Hg in 20 ml) in the presence of large excesses of bismuth (?98%) by using ethylendiammetetraacetate. Error 0–3 %. 3. A method is presented for the determination of mercury in excesses of copper in an acetic acid solution which contains ethylendiaminetetraacetate. 4. A special method is presented which permits the determination of 1–2 mg mercury in 30 ml solution which contains large excesses of copper (up to 98% or more). The titration is carried out in an alkaline solution of trisodiumcitrate. The titration proceeds rapidly. Error 0–2%.     

Coulometric titration of copper(II) with electro-generated chromium(II)

The current efficiency for the electrogeneration of chromium(II) for use as a coulometric titrant was studied for several supporting electrolytes. With a mercury cathode and a 0.1 M chromic sulfate-0.1 M potassium chloride medium, 0.8 to 2.8 mg of copper (II) in 110 ml of solution can be titrated using potentiometric end-point detection.     

Determination of micromolar concentrations of iodide by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

When a solution (at pH 3.4–4.8) containing iodide and mercury(II) nitrate in a graphite tube is heated by increasing the temperature at a uniform rate, two mercury absorption peaks appear because the decomposition temperature of mercury(II) iodide is higher than that of mercury(II) nitrate. Measurement of the second peak allows 1 × 10^-6–5 × 10^-5 M iodide to be determined with good reproducibility. Equimolar concentrations of cyanide, sulfide and thiosulfate interfered, but these anions could be destroyed with hydrogen peroxide. Interfering cations were removed by extraction of 8-quinolinol complexes.     

Back titration with mercuric nitrate in alkaline medium

Summary A rapid, reliable and accurate method for the determination of trivalent chromium, based on back titrating excess EDTA solutions in the presence of chromium versenate, with mercuric nitrate in alkaline media is given. By its aid amounts of chromium in the order of 50 micro- to 15 milligrams can be determined with fair accuracy. The method is applied for analysis of binary mixtures of chromium with thorium, copper(II), bismuth or mercury(II).     

Determination of sulpha-drugs with ion-selective membrane electrodes

A liquid-membrane mercury(II)-sensitive electrode is used for determination of various sulpha drugs by addition of excess of mercuric nitrate and potentiometric back-titration of the surplus mercury(II) with EDTA. The performance of the electrode is compared with that of an Ag(2)S crystal-membrane electrode. Attempts to prepare a sulphamethoxazole-sensitive electrode failed.     

Applications,involving the iodide ion: VIII. Direct and indirect determination of mercury(I) and analysis of mixtures. Analysis of chromium(VI)-chromium (III) mixtures. Determination of hypochlorite

Mercury(I), down to 3 ppm, has been accurately determined by direct titration with iodide or by back-titrating excess of iodide with mercury (II) using silver amalgam as the indicator electrode. The direct method and additional volumetric ones were applied to the rapid analysis of various mixtures involving mercury(I) with fair accuracy and precision. Analysis of Cr(VI)-Cr(III) mixtures involved potentiometric back-titration of excess iodide and of excess EDTA separately with mercury(II). Back-titration of excess iodide was successfully applied to the determination of hypochlorite.     

Spectrofluorometric method for determination of the total mercury content in environmental samples — Waste waters

A highly selective spectrofluorometric method for the determination of total mercury (Hg) in waste waters is described. Fluorescence quenching of rhodamine B with Hg(II) in the presence of iodide, after a concentration step, is the basis of this sensitive method. All forms of mercury, including organic compounds, are pre-oxidized to ionic mercury by acidic potassium permanganate. The final and complete oxidation is achieved by adding potassium persulphate and heating. Hg(II) was reduced by tin(II) chloride and Hg vapour driven by an air stream into an absorption solution containing potassium permanganate and sulphuric acid, using a closed, recirculating air stream. In this solution fluorescence quenching of rhodamine B at an excitation wavelength of 485 nm and emission wavelength of 586 nm was measured. The recoveries were done by adding 3.0 g Hg/100 ml to each sample before the digestion. It was indicated that the recoveries for determining mercury in waste waters were 98.3%–102.7%. The method gives reliable results down to a concentration of 10 ng Hg/ml waste water.     

Determination of Mercury(II) with Dithizone by Diffuse Reflectance Spectrometry on a Fibrous Anion Exchanger

The possibility of the determination of mercury(II) with dithizone on the solid phase of a fibrous ion-exchange material filled with the AV-17 anion exchanger was studied. Mercury is adsorbed as an anionic complex. The sorption of mercury as chloride, iodide, sulfate, thiosulfate, nitrate, and EDTA complexes was studied. A procedure was proposed for the sorption–spectrometric determination of mercury with dithizone on a solid phase after sorption as the chloride complex. For improving the selectivity of the method, EDTA is added to the solution. The determination is affected only by Pd(II). The time of analysis is 15 min. The procedure was tested in the analysis of tap and river water and a solution modeling natural water.     

Catalytic amperometric and catalytic constant-current potentiometric titrations of silver(I), palladium(II) and mercury(II)

Amperometry and constant-current potentiometry were used to follow the course of catalytic titrations of silver(I), palladium(II), and mercury(II) with potassium iodide. The Ce(IV)As(III) and Ce(IV)Sb(III) systems in the presence of sulphuric acid were used as indicator reactions. The possibilities of application of platinum, palladium, gold, graphite, and glassy-carbon indicator electrodes were investigated. Graphite appeared to be somewhat more advantageous than the other electrode materials. The effect of concentration of the components of the indicator reactions, the presence of organic solvents and acids on the shape of the catalytic titration curves was studied. Amounts of 30-3000 mug of silver(I) nitrate, 90-900 mug of palladium(II) chloride, 130-1300 mug of mercury(II) chloride, and 150-1500 mug of mercury(II) nitrate were determined with a relative standard deviation less than 1.0%. The results obtained were in good agreement with those of comparable methods. The catalytic titration method developed was applied to determination of mercury in Unguentum Hydrargyri.     

Alkalimetric determination of mercury by use of its reaction with 1-mercaptopropan-2,3-diol

The reaction of mercury(II) with 1-mercaptopropan-2,3-diol to form its mercaptide and protons, and alkalimetric titration of the acid produced is proposed as a simple and rapid method for determination of mercury. Any acid already present is first neutralized to Phenol Red indicator after complexation of the mercury(II) with iodide to avoid precipitation of mercuric oxide. Mercury metal, its insoluble salts in both oxidation states, complexes and organomercury compounds have been determined after digestion with nitric acid and persulphate to produce mercury(II). The interference of copper(II) is avoided by its reduction and solvent extraction with 2-benzoxazolethiol. The method is unaffected by the presence of large amounts of halides, oxalate, tartrate, citrate, fluoride, EDTA, thiocyanate and thiourea, which all interefere severely in complexation titrations.     

Titrimetric microdetermination of inorganic or organic mercury by amplification reactions

A simple titrimetric method for estimation of 0.05-7 mg of Hg(II) is presented. The acidic sample solution is treated with a measured and excessive amount of iodide, then mercuric iodide is extracted at ph 2-3.5, and the unreacted iodide is determined iodometrically after 6- or 36-fold amplification by use of bromine water for oxidation of iodide to iodate. Periodate oxidation of excess of iodide gives 24-fold amplification. The coefficient of variation does not usually exceed 1% for above 1 mg of mercury but increases to 4% at the 0.05-mg level. The 6-fold amplification method is used for microdetermination of organically bound mercury following oxygen-flask combustion. The average absolute error for 10 determinations (3 compounds) amounted to +/-0.6%; one determination takes less than one hour.     

Poly(acrylamide) grafts on spherical bead polymers for extremely selective removal of mercuric ions from aqueous solutions

Poly(acrylamide) grafted from solid polymer particles provides a simple solution for extremely selective removal of mercuric ions from aqueous solutions. The grafting of polyacrylamide has been performed, in high yields (164%), by redox initiation from iminoacetic acid groups created on crosslinked spherical beads (210–420 μm) of glycidyl methacrylate/methyl methacrylate/ethylene glycol dimethacrylate terpolymer. In the grafting, homopolymer formation has been reduced greatly (22%) by the treatment of the bead polymer with ceric ammonium nitrate before the addition of acrylamide monomer. The mobility of the graft chains provides nearly homogeneous reaction conditions and rapid mercury binding ability, as for low molecular weight amides [mercury sorption by a 0.105‐g polymer sample from 105 mL of a 7.74 × 10^?4 mol L^?1 (～155 ppm) Hg(II) solution shows first‐order kinetics with respect to the Hg(II) concentration, k = 1.1 × 10^?3 s^?1]. The mercury sorption capacity under nonbuffered conditions is around 3.6 mmol g^?1 (i.e., 720 g of mercury/kg) and mostly occurs with the formation of diamido–mercury linkages, which result in the crosslinking of polyacrylamide brushes outside the spherical beads. The crosslinks can be destroyed by treatment with hot acetic acid, without hydrolysis of the amide groups. This process allows a complete elution of the mercury as mercury acetate, and the overall result is reversible crosslinking of the outer shell by mercuric ions. The material presented is efficient in the removal of mercury at concentrations measured in parts per million, and the mercury sorption is extremely selective over some foreign ions, such as Fe(III), Cd(II), Zn(II), and Pb(II). © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 3068–3078, 2002     

Potentiometric titration of molybdenum(V) with ferric alum

Summary The potentiometric titration of molybdenum(V) with ferric alum has now been investigated. The results show that the potentiometric titration of molybdenum(V) is possible at 98–100 C in a carbon dioxide or other inert gas atmosphere in a medium which is 0.5 to 1.0 N in hydrochloric acid. At higher concentrations of hydrochloric acid, there is no steep jump in potential at the end point. In titrations carried out in 0.5 N hydrochloric acid, the potential jump is about 50 mv per 0.1 ml of 0.05 M ferric alum; when the hydrochloric acid concentration is increased to 1.0 N, the potential jump is about 30 mv per 0.1 ml of 0.05 molar ferric alum solution; in titrations with decinormal solutions of the reactants in 0.5 N hydrochloric acid, the potential jump at end point is about 90 mv per 0.1 ml of iron (III) solutionOne of us, Dr. M. Suryanarayana, desires to thank the Ministry of Education Govt. of India for the award of research scholarship.     

Determination of phenylmercuric compounds in fungicidal preparations and in paint

Summary It is shown that phenylmercuric compounds can be determined simply and quickly by reacting the sample with a known quantity of potassium iodide and by back-titrating the surplus with mercuric nitrate.

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Zusammenfassung Phenylquecksilberverbindungen können rasch und einfach bestimmt werden, indem man die Probe mit einer bekannten Menge Kaliumjodid umsetzt und den überschu\ mit Quecksilber(II)-nitratlösung zurücktitriert.

     

The diethyldithiocarbamate of mercury: composition,structure and analytical application: A heterometric study

0.3–1.2 mg of mercury (= Hg(NO₃)₂) in 20 ml aqueous solution, can be titrated heterometrically with sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (NaCBM).Vice versa, 0.5–1.0 mg NaCBM in 20 ml aqueous solution can be titrated heterometrically with mercuric nitrate.In both cases the error is mostly equal to zero. The insoluble Hg(CBM)₂ is obtained in both cases.     

Rational approach to endo/exocoordinated heteronuclear macrocyclic network: supramolecular Hg(ll), Cu(ll), and Hg(ll)/Cu(ll) complexes of a NS4 macrocycle

A rationally designed sulfur-rich macrocycle L incorporating one pyridine and one benzo subunit was synthesized and structurally characterized. From the assembly reactions of L with copper(II) nitrate and mercury(II) iodide, an endocyclic monocopper(II) complex and an exocyclic dimercury(II) complex were prepared, respectively. On the basis of these results, the construction of a Hg(II)/Cu(II) heteronuclear 1D network complex with an endo/exocyclic coordination mode was achieved by one-pot assembly reaction of L with mercury(II) iodide in the presence of copper(II) nitrate.     

Determination of mercury in industrial workplaces by collection on activated carbon,solvent extraction and cold-vapour atomic-absorption spectrometry

A method for the determination of mercury in workplace environments in a chlor-alkali plant was optimized. Mercury was collected on activated carbon with a personal sampling pump at a flow-rate of 0.5 l/min, then the carbon was mineralized by heating with potassium permanganate and sulphuric acid. The mercuric ion was next chelated with ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate and extracted with methyl isobutyl ketone at acidic pH (1.6–5). The chelate in the extract was decomposed with sulphuric acid and the mercuric ion reduced to the metal with stannous chloride. The mercury was determined by coldvapour atomic-absorption spectrometry (CVAAS). The calibration graph was linear up to 5 ng/ml Hg in the initial solution, the relative standard deviation was 4.5% (for 2 ng/ml) and the detection limit was 0.14 ng/ml. All the figures of merit are referred to the initial sample. The proposed method gave good accordance with CVAAS without extraction.     

A simple in situ visual and tristimulus colorimetric method for the determination of trace arsenic in environmental water after its collection on a mercury(II)-impregnated paper.

A simple in situ visual and tristimulus colorimetric method for the determination of trace arsenic in environmental water after collecting arsenic on a test paper impregnated with mercury(II) bromide and rosaniline chloride by its reduction aeration has been developed. The color development on the test paper is based on the formations of AsH(HgBr)2 (yellow) and/or As(HgBr)3 (brownish yellow) by a reaction between mercury(II) bromide and arsine (AsH3), which is produced through the reduction of As(III) (arsenite ion) and/or As(V) (arsenate ion) in a sample solution. To a sample solution, potassium iodide, tin(II) chloride, zinc sand and 4 ml of 6 M hydrochloric acid solution were added successively. The liberated arsine was collected on the test paper. The yellow or brownish-yellow color intensity on the test paper was measured by a tristimulus colorimeter and also by a visual method. The established method is applicable to the determination of arsenic in environmental water sample such as river, brackish, and seawater types.