Spectrophotometric determination of copper by flow injection analysis with an on-line reduction column

A silver reductor minicolumn is used ina flow-injection system for reduction of copper(II) to copper(I), which is detected spectrophotometrically using bathocuproine disulphonic acid. The reductor functions very well at flow rates up to 4 ml min^?1; this allows sample injection ar rates up to 120 h^?1. Linear calibration is achieved for 5 × 10^?7– 1 × 10^?4 M copper. The detection limit is 3.4 ng and the midrange precision is 1%.     

Spectrophotometric determination of nitrite in foodstuffs by flow injection analysis

A simple method for the determination of nitrite in foodstuffs by flow injection analysis is described. Nitrite samples are prepared in a microwave oven, treated with a 1 mol/lNH₄Cl solution at a pH of 9 (all under nitrogen atmosphere) and are immediately analysed. Nitrite is diazotised in the FIA system with N-(1-naphthyl) ethylenediammonium dichloride to form the highly coloured azo dye, which is measured at 540 nm. The detection limit is 0.036 mg/kg for sample injections of 400 l. The sampling rate is about 50 samples per hour and the relative standard deviation is 0.67%.     

Spectrophotometric determination of pH by flow injection

Flow injection is used for the determination of pH over a wide range. Using an appropriate combination of pH-indicating dyes, plots of absorbance vs. pH are linear in the range pH < 1–8 for static measurements and pH 3.6–6.8 in the flow-injection experiment. In the current configuration, the flow-injection method has the capability of measuring approximately 100 samples h^?1 with a precision and accuracy of ±0.2 pH. The reasons for the linear calibration graphs, effects of ionic strength and day to day reproducibility are presented together with results for lake-water samples.     

Spectrophotometric determination of acidity-constants of unstable compounds by flow injection analysis

Spectrophotometric methods of determining acidity constants of ligands in solution can be used satisfactorily for the determination of such constants of unstable ligands by flow injection analysis. The technique can also be used in the stopped-flow mode, to allow the extent of the reaction causing the instability to be established. The procedures are applied to glyoxal bis(2-hydroxyanil), 6-methylpicolinaldehyde azine, 2-hydroxy-benzaldehyde hydrazone and benzoylpyridine oxime.     

Spectrophotometric determination of aromatic primary amines and nitrite by flow injection analysis

Aromatic primary amines are determined by injection into dilute hydrochloric acid carrier which merges sequentially with 4-N-methylaminophenol and dichromate. The purple-red color formed by oxidative coupling of amines with 4-N-methylaminophenol is measured at 530 nm. In contrast to the manual procedure, the flow-injection procedure avoided errors arising from the instability of the coupling intermediate, oxidation of the amine, and too great an excess of the oxidant. The method improves the selectivity for certain amines in the presence of those which are sterically hindered or have an electron-deficient aromatic nucleus. Nitrite is determined by diazotization of sulfanilamide and quantifying the residual sulfanilamide by oxidative coupling. The sample thourghout for the assay of amines (0.05–20 μg ml^?1 NH₂-N) and nitrite (1–10 μg ml^?1 NO₂^--N) was 120 h^?1. A system for the consecutive determination of aromatic primary amines and nitrite is decribed.     

Spectrophotometric determination of iodate,iodide and acids by flow injection analysis

The production of iodine by reaction of iodate and iodide in acidic solution is used for the spectrophotometric determination of 1–6 × 10^?5 M iodate, 2–8 × 10^?3 M iodide, and ca. 10^?3 M acids. The sample is injected into a carrier stream containing the other two ions. The injection rate is ca. 100 h^?1.     

Spectrophotometric determination of dopamine and methyldopa with metaperiodate by flow injection analysis

A flow-injection spectrophotometric method for determining dopamine and methyldopa is described. It is based on the oxidation reaction with metaperiodate. Calibration graphs were linear up to 2 × 10^–4 mol/l catecholamines. The method allows the measurement of 130 samples per hour and was successfully applied to the analyis of pharmaceuticals.     

Spectrophotometric determination of dopamine and methyldopa with metaperiodate by flow injection analysis

A flow-injection spectrophotometric method for determining dopamine and methyldopa is described. It is based on the oxidation reaction with metaperiodate. Calibration graphs were linear up to 2 x 10(-4) mol/l catecholamines. The method allows the measurement of 130 samples per hour and was successfully applied to the analyis of pharmaceuticals.     

Spectrophotometric determination of palladium with sulfochlorophenolazorhodanine by flow injection

Sulfochlorophenolazorhodanine (as its sodium salt) has been used in the automated development of a sensitive flow-injection procedure for the spectrophotometric determination of palladium. The resulting method has high sample throughput, good precision, and low consumption of both sample and reagents. The optimum pH for the reaction is 5.0 and the response is constant at pH between 4.7 and 5.3. The sensitivity (calibration slope) of the procedure is 4.4 x 10(3) l./mole. The linear dynamic range is 0.045-30.0 mug/ml. The sample throughput is at least 120/hr. An automated procedure for optimization of analytical variables is described and a two-variable response surface for the system is given. Interference studies on 19 metal ions show that the method has good selectivity.     

Spectrophotometric determination of micro amounts of cationic polymeric flocculants by flow injection analysis

Cationic polymeric flocculants in water are determined spectrophotometrically with the anionic compound 3-(2-hydroxy-3-carboxyanilide-1-azonaphthalene)-4-hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid at pH 10 by flow injection analysis. The calibration graph at 680 nm is rectilinear from 0 to 20 mg l^?1 under optimal conditions. The relative standard deviation for 20 injections of Cat-Floc (10 mg l^?1) was 1.2%; the sample throughput was 60 h^?1.     

Spectrophotometric determination of calcium with a flow injection system

The indirect spectrophotometric determination of 0.8–7.2 ppm calcium in the presence of magnesium, phosphate and sulphate by flow injection analysis (f.i.a.) is described. The method is based on the exchange reaction between the calcium and the zinc complex of ethylene glycol-bis(2-aminoethylether)tetraacetic acid (EGTA) in the presence of 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR): Ca + Zn(EGTA) + 2 PAR ? Zn(PAR)₂ + Ca(EGTA). A home-made and a commercial flow injection system with a sampling rate of 80 h^?1, are compared. Results for water samples are in good agreement with those obtained by atomic absorption spectrometry.     

Spectrophotometric determination of fluoride with lanthanum/alizarin complexone by flow injection analysis

Lanthanum/alizarin complexone (1:1) in 70% acetone is used in conjunction with a 500-cm reaction coil at 60°C to determine 0.03–1.2 mg l^?1 fluoride at 24 samples per h. The method is applied to tap-water samples.     

Spectrophotometric determination of bromate by sequential injection analysis

A simple and rapid on-line spectrophotometric method for the determination of bromate is proposed. The method is based on the reaction of bromate and 2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol (5-bromo-PADAP) with SCN⁻, a red complex is formed and monitored at 550 nm. The linear range found is between 0.18 and 3.00 mg l⁻¹ with a detection limit of 0.15 mg l⁻¹. The sampling rate was calculated to be 45 samples per hour. The proposed method has a precision of less than 0.8%.     

Spectrophotometric determination of fluoxetine by batch and flow injection methods

A rapid, simple, and accurate spectrophotometric method is presented for the determination of fluoxetine by batch and flow injection analysis methods. The method is based on fluoxetine competitive complexation reaction with phenolphthalein-beta-cyclodextrin (PHP-beta-CD) inclusion complex. The increase in the absorbance of the solution at 554 nm by the addition of fluoxetine was measured. The formation constant for fluoxetin-beta-CD was calculated by non-linear least squares fitting. Fluoxetine can be determined in the range 7.0 x 10(-6)-2.4 x 10(-4) mol l(-1) and 5.0 x 10(-5)-1.0 x 10(-2) mol l(-1) by batch and flow methods, respectively. The limit of detection and limit of quantification were respectively 4.13 x 10(-6) mol l(-1) and 1.38 x 10(-5) mol l(-1) for batch and 2.46 x 10(-5) mol l(-1) and 8.22 x 10(-5) mol l(-1) for flow method. The sampling rate in flow injection analysis method was 80+/-5 samples h(-1). The method was applied to the determination of fluoxetine in pharmaceutical formulations and after addition to human urine samples.     

Application of a wave-guide capillary cell in the determination of copper by flow injection analysis

A wave-guide capillary cell is applied as a spectrophotometric detector in the flow-injection determination of copper(II). The copper solution is injected and sandwiched between zones of diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC) solution in the carrier flow line. The Cu-DDTC complex formed is then extracted into carbon disulfide by means of an extraction coil followed by a teflon-membrane phase separator. Because carbon disulfide has a refractive index which is sufficiently higher than that of the fused silica from which the capillary cell is made, the light from the source propagates inside the capillary via total reflection at the inner cell wall as in an optical fiber. The detection limit for copper in the proposed system is 20 ng ml^?1 with linear response up to 1 μg ml^?1.     

Spectrophotometric simultaneous determination of creatinine and creatine by flow injection with reagent injection

The reactions of creatinine with picric acid and of creatine with 1-naphthol and biacetyl, both in an alkaline medium, have been used to develop a flow injection method for the simultaneous determination of creatinine and creatine, respectively. The sample containing both analytes is continuously merged with a picrate stream and mixed through the reactors; the coloured stream passes through a flow cell in a spectrophotometer set at 520 nm, recording a continuous signal proportional to the creatinine concentration. The mixture of the reagents 1-naphthol and biacetyl is inserted into the stream by use of the injection valve, which results in a peak (superimposed on the continuous signal), proportional to the creatine concentration. Linear calibration graphs for both analytes were obtained up to 30 mg l^–1 with relative standard deviations <2%, and a sampling rate of 42 measurements h^–1. The method was applied to the determination of creatinine and creatine in broth cube samples.     

Spectrophotometric flow injection determination of chloride in ethanol

A flow injection procedure is described for the spectrophotometric determination of chloride in ethanol, based on the mercury(II) thiocyanate—iron(III) reaction. Effects of reagent composition and ethanol content of the sample are investigated in detail. The proposed system can analyse 120 samples of ethanol (94–100% v/v) per hour, with a relative standard deviation lower than 1%, when the chloride content ranges from 0.1–6.0 ppm. Recoveries of ca. 96% are found.     

Spectrophotometric simultaneous determination of nitrite, nitrate and ammonium in soils by flow injection analysis

A new rapid flow injection procedure for the simultaneous determination of nitrate, nitrite and ammonium in single flow injection analysis system is proposed. The procedure combines on-line reduction of nitrate to nitrite and oxidation of ammonium to nitrite with spectrophotometric detection of nitrite by using the Griess-llosvay reaction. The formed azo dye was measured at 543 nm. The influence of reagent concentration and manifold parameters were studied. Nitrite, nitrate and ammonium can be determined within the range of 0.02–1.60 μg mL⁻¹, 0.02–1.60 μg mL⁻¹ and 0.05–1.40 μg mL⁻¹, respectively. R.S.D. values (n = 10) were 2.66; 1.41 and 3.58 for nitrate, nitrite and ammonium, respectively. This procedure allows the determination and speciation of inorganic nitrogen species in soils with a single injection in a simple way, and high sampling rate (18 h⁻¹). Detection limits of 0.013, 0.046 and 0.047 μg mL⁻¹were achieved for nitrate, nitrite and ammonium, respectively. In comparison with others methods, the proposed one is more simple, it uses as single chromogenic reagent less injection volume (250 mL in stead of 350 mL) and it has a higher sampling rate.     

Simultaneous determination of multicomponents by flow injection analysis: determination of copper and zinc in serum by using zincon as colouring reagent

A flow injection system is described for the simultaneous determination of copper and zinc with a single detector. Two sample plugs are injected into the same carrier stream sequentially. One is for zinc determination and the other is for the sum of copper and zinc. For zinc determination, copper masking reagent is simultaneously injected into a parallel carrier stream and merged with the sample plug by using the merging zone technique. Zincon is used as the colour reagent for the spectrophotometric determination of copper and zinc. The results for the analysis of serum by the proposed method correspond well with those obtained by an AAS method. The rate of analysis is about 45 samples/hr.