Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of boron in ceramic materials

A flow injection spectrophotometric method for the determination of boron in ceramic materials is described. The method is based on spectrophotometric measurement of the decrease in the pH produced by the reaction between boric acid and mannitol in the presence of an acid-base indicator. A bichannel FI (flow injection) manifold in which the sample solutions were injected into deionized water (at pH 5.4) and the stream was later merged with the reagent stream (a mannitol solution containing 1x10(-4) mol l(-1) bromocresol green at pH 5.4), was used. Transient signals were monitored at 616 nm. A theoretical model which describes the dependence between the absorbance values and boric acid concentration is presented. The model predicts a non linear dependence between the absorbance or increment in absorbance and the boric acid concentration. In contrast, the model predicts a linear dependence between the inverse of the absorbance values and the boric acid concentration. The calibration graphs (1/A vs mug ml(-1) B(2)O(3)) were linear over the range 1-30 mug ml(-1) of B(2)O(3). The relative standard deviations were 0.7 and 0.4% for 4 and 8 mug ml(-1) of B(2)O(3), respectively. The limit of detection was 0.02 mug ml(-1) of B(2)O(3) (3sigma criterium). The method was used to determine boron in nine ceramic materials with very different nominal boron compositions. The results were compared with those obtained using a potentiometric titration method as reference method. No significant differences (at 95% probability level) were found between the proposed and reference methods. The method is rapid, reliable, precise and free of interferences.     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of nitrite

4-Nitroaniline, which gives intensely yellow solution on dissolution in dilute hydrochloric acid, has been found to react with nitrite almost instantaneously in acidic medium yielding a colourless product that has been identified as 4-nitrophenyl diazo cation. The measurement of decrease in colour intensity suggested a new, simple and one-step reaction procedure that has been used for the reversed flow injection determination of 5microg-5 mg/l. NO(2)-N. The limit of detection has been found to be 2 microg/l. NO(2)-N. A number of species such as copper(II) and lead(II), which interfere in other spectrophotometric procedures, do not affect the results. The method has been applied to determine nitrite in natural waters when the %RSD was in the range 1.8-3.5%.     

On-line generation and hydrolysis of methyl borate for the spectrophotometric determination of boron in soil and plants with azomethine-H

A continuous-flow system for boron determination in soils and plants with spectrophotometric detection using the azometihine-H-boron complex method was developed. In order to avoid the interferences of concomitants present in samples and to increase the sensitivity, the element was separated on-line from the matrix by methyl borate generation. For this purpose, a concentrated sulfuric acid sample solution was combined with methanol in 1:3 ratio which produce enough heating for the esterification reaction without external source. Subsequently, the methyl borate produced was stripped by the addition of a nitrogen flow and separated from the bulk solution in a gas-liquid separator to be then hydrolyzed in an ammonium-phosphate buffer solution (pH 6.8). Finally, the new bulk of phases were separated in a second gas-liquid separator and the liquid phase was combined with azomethine-H to form a boron complex for its detection at 420 nm. The effects of a number of possible interferents, both anionic and cationic were evaluated. The most severe depressions were caused by fluoride and potassium for which a concentration of 100 μg ml⁻¹ caused a 5% depression on the signal. A linear response was obtained between the detection limit of 0.05 μg ml⁻¹ (3σ of the blank) and 50 μg ml⁻¹ of boron. The precision (R.S.D.%) for 10 consecutive readings of the same solution (5.0 μg ml⁻¹ of boron) was 2.6%. Recoveries of boron added to the samples before the extraction process were 94, 97, and 101% for soil, fruit tissue, and leaf tissue, respectively. The developed system was applied to the determination of boron in soil, fruits tissue, and leaves tissue of coffee plantations from different towns of Mérida State, Venezuela.     

Flow injection catalytic determination of ruthenium with spectrophotometric detection

A new flow injection catalytic method was described for the determination of ruthenium(III) based on its catalytic effect on the oxidation of brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) by periodate in acidic media. The reaction was followed spectrophotometrically by measuring the absorbance of the dye at 635 nm. Under optimum conditions, ruthenium can be determined in the range of 1.0-100.0 ng ml(-1) with a relative standard deviation of 1.1% and with a limit of detection of 0.70 ng ml(-1). The influence of reagent and manifold variables were studied and optimized. The method was tested for the determination of ruthenium(III) in some synthetic mixtures.     

流动注射光度法测定盐酸普鲁卡因

在盐酸介质中,利用盐酸普鲁卡因－亚硝酸钠－α萘胺的重氨化－偶合反应,建立了流动注射光度法测定盐酸普鲁卡因的新方法。利用控制加 权形心单纯形优化法选择最佳实验条件,测定的线性范围为0－30μg/mL,该法已用于药物中盐酸普鲁卡因含量的测定。     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of europium using chlortetracycline

A flow injection (FI) spectrophotometric determination of europium (III) is described, based on the complexation between europium (III), and chlortetracycline (CTC) in a Tris-buffer pH 8.0 medium. The resulting yellow-coloured complex is measured at its absorption maximum of 400 nm after 100 μl of sample or standard solution containing europium (III) are injected into the merged streams of CTC and Tris-buffer solutions. Optimum conditions for determining μg amounts of europium (III) are achieved by univariate method. Various types of reactors are also investigated. It is shown that the use of a single bead string reactor gives rise to the enhancement of peak height. A linear calibration curve over the range of 0.10-0.60 μg ml⁻¹ europium (III) is established with the regression equation (n=6) Y=34.93X+0.01 and the correlation coefficient of 0.9994 is obtained. A detection limit (3σ) of 0.01 μg ml⁻¹ of europium (III) and the relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) of 4.32% for determining 1.0 μg ml⁻¹ of europium (III) (n=7) are obtained. The recommended method has been applied to the quantitation of europium (III) in spiked water and stream sediment samples with average recoveries of 99.9 and 97.5%, respectively. The sampling rate is found to be 85 h⁻¹.     

A time-based injector applied to the flow injection spectrophotometric determination of boron in plant materials and soils

A simple and flexible time-based injector is described for the introduction of almost any desirable volume of sample and reagents in flow systems. The feasibility of application is demonstrated by improving the azomethine-H spectrophotometric method for the precise and accurate determination of boron in soil and coffee plant tissues. On-line programmed functions include: sequential injections and zone trapping, with a significant reduction of sample and reagent consumption.     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of selenium

A simple, rapid and sensitive flow injection spectrophotometric method for determination of selenium (0.005-1.5 mug ml(-1)) is described. The method is based on the catalytic effect of Se(IV) on the reduction reaction of thionine (TN) with sulphide ion, monitored spectrophotometrically at 598 nm. The detection limit is 5 ng ml(-1) the relative standard deviation for eight replicate measurements is 1.1% for 1 mug ml(-1) of selenium. The sampling rate is 25-30 samples h(-1). The procedure was applied successfully to the determination of selenium in real samples.     

流动注射动力学光度法测定环境雌激素双酚A

在HCl介质中,增敏剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵存在下双酚A对KBrO3氧化棓花青褪色反应有明显的抑制作用,据此建立了测定痕量双酚A的流动注射动力学光度分析法.方法的线性范围为0.10~1.10μg/mL,检出限0.027μg/mL,回收率在96%~103%之间.该方法已用于吸鼻器、奶瓶、饮料瓶、假牙、表层土和地表水中双酚A...     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of copper in petroleum refinery wastewaters

This paper reports a new strategy for flow injection spectrophotometric Cu (II) determination in petroleum refinery wastewaters, exploring its reaction with sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC), without solvent extraction step, thus avoiding the use of harmful organic solvents. The influence of several chemical and flow variables was studied as well as the possible interferences. Under optimized conditions, the flow system was able to process 63 samples per hour, with a detection limit of 23 ng ml⁻¹ and a RSD of 2.1% at the 0.2 μg ml⁻¹ level. In order to attest the accuracy of the methodology, seven samples of effluents were analyzed by the proposed method and the results were compared with that obtained by FAAS. It was observed that the physical interferences verified in the FAAS procedure, which only permits its use by the standard addition method, were not present in the FIA procedure. The results obtained by FIA method were not statistically different from that obtained by FAAS-standard addition method. Also, the analysis of three spiked samples provided recovery percentages between 93 and 103%.     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of andrographolide from Andrographis paniculata

A simple flow injection colourimetric procedure for determining andrographolide was proposed. It is based on the reaction between andrographolide with 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid, resulting in an intense purplish red complex with a suitable absorption at 536 nm. A standard or sample solution was injected into the 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid stream (flow rate of 1.0 ml min⁻¹) which was then merged with potassium hydroxide stream with the same flow rate. Optimum conditions for determining andrographolide were investigated by univariate method. Under the optimum conditions, a linear calibration graph was obtained over the range 5.0-150.0 μg ml⁻¹ and the detection limit was 1.50 μg ml⁻¹ (3σ). The relatives standard deviation of the proposed method calculated from 10 replicate injections of 10.0 and 80.0 μg ml⁻¹ andrographolide were 0.66% and 1.64%, respectively. The sample throughput was 50 h⁻¹. The proposed method has been satisfactorily applied to the determination of andrographolide in herb plant samples.     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of calcium in rain and snow with chlorophosphonazo III

Summary A spectrophotometric flow injection technique for the determination of calcium based on its color reaction with chlorophosphonazo III(CPA-III) is described. The complex formation of CPA-III with calcium ions was carried out in the presence of 0.01 mol/l oxalate at pH 2.8. Most of the common foreign ions did not interfere. Only strontium, barium and rare earth metals interfered. Under the optimum conditions, the calibration curve was linear up to 1.2 ppm calcium and the detection limit was 0.01 ppm for a sample volume of 120 l. The relative standard variations for 0.4 and 1.0 ppm calcium were 0.354 and 0.352%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to the determination of calcium in rain and snow.     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of nitrate in electrolyte of lead-acid batteries

Electrolytes of lead-acid batteries can contain several impurities that reduce battery performance and lifetime. Nitrate ions are among these species because they can be reduced to ammonium in the lead electrode. In this work, an analytical method was developed to determine this anion in electrolytes of batteries used in telephone systems, in which nitrate concentration must be lower than 10 mg l(-1). The procedure consists in the reduction to nitrite in a copperized cadmium column followed by Griess's modified reaction. Due to the high sensitivity of this methodology, a large dispersion flow diagram (dispersion coefficient = 27.8) was projected. Thus, it was possible to eliminate the Schlieren effect and to obtain a NH (3)NH (+)(4) buffer in the sample zone in a suitable pH for reduction reaction (pH congruent with 8). Negative interference due to iron(III) was overcome by addition of excess iron (200 mg l(-1)). A relocatable filter was used to remove iron(III) hydroxide precipitate. This avoided adsorption on the surface of the filings and increase of back pressure. The analytical frequency is 80 measurements/h and the detection limit was estimated as 0.3 mg l(-1) in a 99.7% confidence level. A 2.2% relative standard deviation was obtained in a repeatability study (n = 10) by using a 25 mg l(-1) nitrate solution in a 3.6 mol l(-1) sulfuric acid medium. Recoveries from 95.5 to 104% were obtained by spiking 5.00 or 10.0 mg l(-1) of nitrate in samples of battery electrolyte.     

Flow injection catalytic spectrophotometric simultaneous determination of nitrite and nitrate

A new flow injection catalytic spectrophotometric method is proposed for the simultaneous determination of nitrite and nitrate based on the catalytic effect of nitrite on the redox reaction between crystal violet and potassium bromate in phosphoric acid medium and nitrate being on-line reduced to nitrite with a cadmium-coated zinc reduction column. The redox reaction is monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in the absorbance of crystal violet at the maximum absorption wavelength of 610 nm. A technique of inserting a reduction column into sampling loop is adopted and the flow injection system produces a signal with a shoulder. The height of shoulder in the ascending part of the peak corresponds to the nitrite concentration and the maximum of the peak corresponds to nitrate plus nitrite. The detection limits are 0.3 ng ml⁻¹ for nitrite and 1.0 ng ml⁻¹ for the nitrate. Up to 32 samples can be analyzed per hour with a relative standard deviation of less than 2%. The method has been successfully applied for the simultaneous determination of nitrite and nitrate in natural waters.     

流动注射光度法测定痕量铁

水 乙醇混溶介质中Fe(Ⅲ)与2 (5 溴 2 吡啶偶氮) 5 二乙氨基苯酚(5 Br PADAP)的显色反应已有用于流动注射的报道[1 2],本文利用稀盐酸的增敏作用,在较低的显色剂浓度和乙醇用量条件下,无需加入乳化剂增溶,采用显色剂与缓冲溶液预先混合,以去离子水为推动液,用正交设计法优化各实验参数,优选出了最佳的组合方案。该方法的线性范围为20μg/L-1200μg/L,相对标准偏差为0 5%。将该方法用于水样实际测定,效果满意。方法的检测限优于已有的报道。1　实验部分1 1　主要仪器与试剂ZJ 2低压过渡金属离子色谱仪(将分离柱用聚四氟乙烯管代替,…     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of cyanide by the phenolphthalin method

The phenolphthalin method for the determination of cyanide has been modified and adapted to a continuous flow system based on the flow injection principle. Aqueous cyanide samples are injected into a carrier stream (0.001 M NaOH), which is then merged with the combined reagent stream of phenolphthalin and carbonate buffer (pH 10.3), and the mixture is passed through an on-line cupric sulfide packed column. The resulting phenolphthalein (the oxidized form of phenolphthalin) is measured in a flow-through spectrophotometer at 552 nm, to determine the cyanide content. The chemical factors and flow injection analysis (FIA) variables influencing the system are discussed. The calibration graph is linear from 0.6 to 4.3 ppm cyanide. At a sampling rate of about 70 samples h(-1) with 50 mul sample injections, precision was about 1% relative S.D.     

Flow injection preconcentration by chemofiltration and spectrophotometric determination of Gd

A new on-line Gd preconcentration and determination system associated to flow injection (FI) method was developed. 2,2′-(1,8-dihydroxy-3,6-disulfonaphthylene-2,7-bisazo) bisbenzenearsonic acid (Arsenazo III) was used as a complexing agent at pH 2.5. A reactor containing the polyamide membrane was used for the retention of the Gd complex by chemofiltration. The complex was then removed from the reactor with buffer solution pH 9. The variables affecting the combined on-line preconcentration-absorptiometric method have been evaluated and optimised. The coupling of the on-line preconcentration and spectrophotometric flow through detection led to a detection limit of 15 μg l⁻¹ for a preconcentration time of 5 min at 2 ml/min. The method was successfully applied to biological samples.     

Rapid spectrophotometric determination of boron in steel

A rapid spectrophotometric method is presented for the determination of boron in steel by use of the fluoborate-Methylene Blue complex. The method is in principle similar to that of Rosotte, but modifications simplify the operation, obviate contamination and avoid problems with emulsion formation. Up to 20% Cr, 10% Ni, and 1% each of V, Mo and W present either individually or collectively do not interfere in the determination, making it applicable to alloy steels. The determination limit of the method has been lowered from 5 to 0.2 ppm boron. Samples are dissolved at room temperature in polythene bottles, solubilizing all forms of boron including boron nitride, and avoiding loss of relatively volatile boron compounds. The precision of the method is good. Six samples can be analysed in less than 2 hr.     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of ultra trace amounts of oxalic acid

A new simple, sensitive and rapid catalytic-spectrophotometric method for the determination of oxalic acid has been described based on its catalytic effect on the redox reaction between dichromate and Brilliant cresyl blue in acidic media by means of a flow injection analysis method. The color change of Brilliant cresyl blue due to its oxidation was monitored spectrophotometrically at 625 nm. The calibration graph was linear in the range of 0.020-4.70 microg/mL oxalic acid with a limit of detection 0.005 microg/mL of oxalic acid. The relative standard deviation for ten replicate measurements of 0.020 microg/mL and 0.900 microg/mL was 2.2% and 1.7%, respectively. No serious interference was identified. Oxalic acid was determined in wastewater and in spinach by the proposed method with satisfactory results.