The spectrophotometric determination of chromium in ilmenite

A new diphenylcarbazide procedure free from iron interference is described for the determination of chromium in low-chrome ilmenite. After fusion of the sample, chromium is oxidised with permanganate and most of the iron is eliminated by extraction of chromium(VI) with MIBK Residual iron causes fading of the final colour, this can be avoided by using a phosphoric acid medium at temperatures below 15°. When iron levels are less than 200 μg, temperature control (10°) suffices to prevent iron interference if the concentration of the usual sulphuric acid medium is increased to 0.2 M. However, the phosphoric acid-low temperature method gives wider tolerance to acidity variations and maximum stability with time.     

Construction and evaluation of a flow injection micro-analyser based on urethane-acrylate resin

A flow injection micro-analyser with an integrated injection device and photometric detection is described. Channels measuring 205-295 μm depth by 265-290 μm maximum width were manufactured by deep UV lithography on two layers of urethane-acrylate oligomers-based photoresist. Hypodermic syringe needles (450 μm diameter) were connected to the channels for introduction of solutions into the system. Plastic optical fibres were connected to the ends of a 5.0 mm long channel, in order to conduct the light from and to a homemade photometer. The device has a total volume of 7.0 μL and three different sample volumes (0.09, 0.22 and 0.30 μL) can be inserted into the system by choosing the appropriate loop of the hydrodynamic injection approach. The micro-analyser, designed as a single line manifold, was evaluated by determining chloride in waters (mercuric thiocyanate method), and chromium (VI) in wastewater and total chromium in metallic alloys (diphenylcarbazide method). For chloride determination two micro-pumps were employed to impel the solutions, while for chromium determination this task was performed by a conventional peristaltic pump. The results obtained in all determinations did not differ significantly from the reference methods at a confidence level of 95%. In the chloride determination, a flow rate of 50 μL min⁻¹ was used, providing a sample frequency of 45 injection h⁻¹, generating ca. 0.7 mg of Hg(II) after an 8-h working day (ca. 20 mL of solution). This result suggests the potential of the micro-analyser towards the reduction of waste, following the philosophy of Green Chemistry.     

Extractions with long-chain amines-VIII Colorimetric determination of chromium(VI) with diphenylcarbazide

Traces of chromium(VI) are extracted from sulphuric acid solution into a chloroform solution of trioctylmethylammonium chloride. After the addition of solid diphenylcarbazide to the separated organic phase, a red colour is developed and is measured spectrophotometrically at 550 nm. A great number of common metals, including iron and copper, do not interfere when present in ratios up to at least 1:40,000 (chromium: metal).     

Metal speciation by flow-injection analysis

A two-channel switching valve is incorporated in the flow-injection manifold for on-line control of the metal speciation of Fe(II)/Fe(III) and Cr(III)/Cr(VI). 1,10-Phenanthroline is used for the iron determinations and diphenylcarbazide for chromium. The absorbances are measured at 512 and 540 nm, respectively. When a 30-mul injection loop is used, the response is linear for 0.5-30.0 ppm Fe and 0.5-40.0 ppm Cr. The relative standard deviation in each case is approximately 1%. The method allows at least 180 injections per hour.     

Ion flotation—spectrophotometric determination of traces of chromium(VI)

Ion flotation is used to concentrate chromium(VI) in the range 3–70μg l^-1 from 14 samples. The chromium(III)—diphenylcarbazone complex formed by reaction with diphenylcarbazide is floated efficiently with sodium lauryl sulfate, and the subsided foam is measured spectrophotometrically after simple dilution. Continuous flotation methods at solution flow rates of 2, 3 and 4 l h^-1 are discussed.     

自动电位滴定法测定炼油工业污水中的氯离子

介绍自动电位滴定法测定炼油工业污水中氯离子含量。炼油工业污水样品经加热煮沸、双氧水氧化等预处理后,通过调节使其pH=2～6,以硝酸银标准溶液为滴定剂,在自动电位滴定仪上进行电位滴定。试验表明,本方法可以用来测定带色度的炼油工业污水样品,且对样品的酸碱度无苛刻要求,过量的双氧水不影响测定结果,不同浓度的标准样品其测定结果与其标称浓度无显著性差异。     

Determination of chromium(VI) in the soil organic fraction

A procedure was developed for determining chromium(VI) in the soil organic fraction; it consisted of three steps: the preparation of a soil solution; the isolation and separation of chromium(VI) and chromium(III); and the determination of chromium(VI). Soil solutions were prepared by leaching soil samples with a Na₄P₂O₇ solution (the Rudd method). Chromium(VI) was extracted from the soil solution with a solution of sodium diethyldithiocarbamate in n-amyl alcohol; the conditions of the extraction and separation of chromium(VI) and chromium(III) were optimized. Chromium(VI) in solutions was determined after back extraction by spectrophotometry with diphenylcarbazide or by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The procedure was validated using a reference soil sample, and the material balance of chromium in the systems under study was calculated.     

Solid phase extraction of chromium(VI) from aqueous solutions by adsorption of its diphenylcarbazide complex on a mixed bed adsorbent (acid activated montmorillonite-silica gel) column

A novel approach has been developed for the solid phase extraction of chromium(VI) based on the adsorption of its diphenylcarbazide complex on a mixture of acid activated montmorillonite (AAM)-silica gel column. The effect of various parameters such as acidity, stability of the column, sample volume, interfering ions, etc., were studied in detail. The adsorbed complex could be easily eluted using polyethylene glycol-sulfuric acid mixture and the concentration of chromium has been determined using visible spectrophotometry. The calibration graph was linear in the range 0-1microgmL(-1) chromium(VI) with a detection limit of 6microgL(-1). A highest preconcentration factor of 25 could be obtained for 250mL sample volume using glass wool as support for the mixed bed adsorbent. Chromium(VI) could be effectively separated from other ions such as nickel, copper, zinc, chloride, sulfate, nitrate, etc., and the method has been successfully applied to study the recovery of chromium in electroplating waste water and spiked water samples.     

Sequential flow injection determination of iodate and periodate with spectrophotometric detection

A flow injection (FI) system is described for the sequential determination of periodate and iodate based on their reaction with iodide at pH 3.5. Two sample plugs were injected into the same carrier stream sequentially. One injection is for the iodate determination and the other for the sum of iodate and periodate determination. For iodate determination, molybdate solution buffered at pH of 3.5 was used for selective masking of periodate. The influences of reagent concentrations were studied by a univariable method and the influence of FI manifolds was studied using univariable and simplex method. Periodate and iodate can be determined in the range of 0.050-5.0 and 0.050-10 microg/ml, respectively. The 3 sigma limit of detection was 0.030 and 0.050 microg/ml for periodate and iodate, respectively. The proposed method has been applied for the sequential determinations of periodate and iodate in water samples.     

Titrimetric determination of vanadium (IV) with potassium permanganate at the room temperature, using phosphoric acid as catalyst and ferroin as internal indicator

Summary The observation that the reaction between vanadium(IV) and potassium permanganate is catalyzed by ortho phosphoric acid at the room temperature has been utilized to develop a new procedure for the titrimetric determination of vanadium(IV). In the absence of chromium(III) and other coloured ions the end point can be detected making use of the colour of permanganate itself, and applying the necessary correction. This procedure cannot, however, be employed for titrations with 0.01 N potassium permanganate when the use of ferroin must be resorted to indicate the end point. The use of ferroin in macro titrations helps to eliminate the correction and the interference of coloured ions like chromium(III) up to a reasonable limit. Titrations without the use of the ferroin indicator can be carried out within a wider range of acidity viz. 0.1 N to 1.0 N.

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Zusammenfassung Ein neues Verfahren zur titrimetrischen Bestimmung von Vanadium-(IV) wird auf den katalytischen Einfluß gegründet, den Orthophosphorsäure bei Zimmertemperatur auf die Reaktion zwischen V^IV und KMnO₄ ausübt. Bei Abwesenheit von Cr^III und anderen gefärbten Ionen kann der Endpunkt durch die Eigenfarbe des Permanganats festgestellt werden, wobei eine Korrektur erforderlich ist. Für kleinere Vanadiumgehalte (Titration mit 0,01 n KMnO₄-Lösung) wird die Verwendung von Ferroin als Indicator empfohlen, wobei die Notwendigkeit einer Korrektur sowie der Einfluß störender Ionen bis zu bestimmten Grenzen vermieden wird. Titrationen ohne Indicator können bei einem Säuregehalt von 0,1 n–1 n ausgeführt werden.

     

Spectrofluorimetric flow injection determination of trace amounts of periodate

A sensitive, rapid and selective procedure is proposed for the flow injection determinations of periodate by spectrofluorometric detection. The method is based on the reaction of periodate with Alizarin Navy Blue in basic solution. The reagents and manifold variables influence on the sensitivity have been investigated and the optimum conditions are established. Periodate can be determined for the range of 0.250-5.00 microg ml(-1) with a limit of detection of 0.08 microg ml(-1), and with a sample rate of 15 +/- 2 samples h(-1). The relative standard deviations for eight replicate determination of 0.500 and 5.00 microg ml(-1) was 1.3 and 1.1%, respectively. Periodate can be determined in the presence of iodate and bromate. The proposed method was used to determination of periodate in water samples.     

Long-path photometry in clinical analysis : I. The determination of chromium using diphenylcarbazide

The diphenylcarbazide method for determining chromium in biological material was reinvestigated and scaled down to require only 0.2 ml (or 0.2 g) of sample. The samples are digested at 300 °C within 1 hr by a mixture of concentrated sulfuric, nitric, and perchloric acids in a volume ratio 75:15:10. Chromium is oxidized to dichromate with permanganate and the excess of the latter is destroyed by azide. The color reagent is added and the absorbance is measured in a 20-cm long-path microcell requiring less than 0.3 ml of solution. Results on serum pools shown a standard deviation of about ±1.1 ng of Cr/ml of serum for contents in the range of 25 ng/ml. The results compare very favorable with those obtained by flameless atomic absorption. The determinations can be made by using a simple, dedicated photometer consisting of the long-path cell with a green LED attached to one window and a phototransistor to the other and needing only very simple circuits and low battery power.     

Differential determination of antimony(III) and antimony(V) by indirect spectrophotometry with chromium(VI) and diphenylcarbazide,after reduction of antimony(V)

Antimony(III) is determined indirectly through its reaction with excess of chromium(VI), the excess being quantified with diphenylcarbazide and measurement at 540 nm. Antimony(V) is reduced to antimony(III) with sodium sulfite in hydrochloric acid solution; excess of sulfite is eliminated by boiling. The subsequent determination of antimony(III) gives the concentration of total antimony, and antimony(V) is found from the difference between the results before and after reduction. Antimony in its different oxidation states can be determined in the range 0.04–0.7 mg l^?1 within an error of about 10%.     

Über analytische Untersuchungen an magnetischen Materialien

The mass determination of magnetic thin films by photometric and polarographic analysis is described. Iron is determinated with 1.10-phenanthroline, nickel with dimethylglyoxime, cobalt with 2-nitroso-1-naphthol, copper with 2,2-biquinoline and manganese-bismuth by polarography in triethanolamine solution. The relative error of the determinations is between 5 to 10%.     

Preconcentration and spectrophotometric determination of chromium(vi) in natural waters by coprecipitation with barium sulfate

A selective preconcentration of chromium(VI) is proposed for analysis of natural waters. Chromium(VI) is quantitatively separated from chromium(III) by coprecipitation with barium sulfate; salicylic acid is used as a masking agent for iron(III), aluminum(III) and chromium(III). The precipitate is fused with alkali carbonate, and the chromium(VI) in the melt is isolated with hot water and determined spectrophotometrically with diphenylcarbazide. The detection limit is 0.02 μg l^-1 the relative standard deviation for chromium(VI) in river water is less than 5%.     

Preconcentration and Spectrophotometric Determination of Chromium (VI) and Total Chromium in Drinking Water by the Sorption of Chromium Diphenylcarbazone with Surfactant Coated Alumina

Abstract

A simple and inexpensive method for determining chromium (VI) in drinking water by spectrophotometry after preconcentration with sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) coated alumina column is described. Chromium(VI) is reacted with diphenylcarbazide (DPC) and the Cr-DPC complex is quantitatively adsorbed onto a SDS coated alumina column from 800 ml of sample solution. The complex is then eluted with a 8 ml mixture of methanol, acetone and hydrochloric acid and determined by spectrophotometry. Total chromium can be determined after oxidation of chromium (III) to chromium (VI) by KMnO₄. The relative standard deviation (10 replicate analyses) at the 10 μg l^?1 of chromium (VI) and 10 μg l^?1 of total chromium were 3.5% and 3.4% and corresponding limits of detection (based on 3 σ) were 0.040 μg l^?1 and 0.033 μg l^?1, respectively.     

A Guide to Avoid Method Bias of Chromium (III,VI) Chemiluminescence Determination by Luminol-Hydrogen Peroxide Reaction - Application to Water Samples

Cr(III) and/or Cr(VI) determinations based on light emission produced by luminol oxidation by hydrogen peroxide in basic aqueous solution catalyzed by Cr(III) were studied in order to diagnose and/or avoid method bias. The calibration step was optimized, and the usefulness of the method for speciating chromium was tested. The use of the standard addition method in the linear interval concentration range made it possible to diagnose the accuracy of the method for real samples. Good results were obtained for several real water samples containing chromium at different concentrations. The proposed protocol made the method traceable with an appropriate certified reference material and with the reference method.     

Consecutive sorption of molybdenum(VI) and chromium(VI) from a single sample onto fiber materials filled with an anion exchanger and their solid-phase determination with phenylfluorone and diphenylcarbazide

We have considered the possibility of the sorption-spectrometric determination of molybdenum(VI) with phenylfluorone and chromium(VI) with diphenylcarbazide from a single sample by consecutive sorption from different media onto fiber materials filled with an AV-17 anion exchanger. The dependences of analytical signals of molybdenum and chromium on the sorption conditions (pH of the initial solution, NaCl concentration, sizes of the support disc, agitation time) have been studied in the batch mode. The conditions of analytical signal registration have been determined and the analytical ranges have been established (0.01–0.06 μg/mL for Cr and 0.02–0.2 μg/mL for Mo). It has been demonstrated that molybdenum and chromium can be determined at their ratios from 1: 1 to 5: 1 from a single sample after chromium sorption from 0.1 M HCl and molybdenum sorption at pH 4 by diffuse-reflection spectroscopy or visual test. The selectivity of molybdenum and chromium determination in the presence of interfering ions has been studied.     

Sodium metavanadate as volumetric reagent : Determination of organic derivatives of hydrazine,iodine monochloride method

Sodium metavanadate has been used as an oxidising agent in hydrochloric acid medium for the volumetric determination of semicarbazide hydrochloride, benzalazine, benzalsemicarbazone, aminoguanidine hydrochloride, o-hydroxybenzalsemicarbazone, p-methoxybenzalsemicarbazone, chloralhydrazine, o-chlorobenzalsemicarbazone and ethyl methyl ketone semicarbazone, using 10-dine monochloride as a catalyst and preoxidiser Chloroform was used as an indicator. It was coloured violet due to the liberation of iodine during the titration and became light pale yellow at the end-point owing to the formation of iodine monochloride Eachhydrazino group in these compounds was oxidised quantitatively with a four-electron change to nitrogen with sodium metavanadate as an oxidant in hydrochloric acid solution.     

Direct determination of zirconium and chromium by first-derivative spectrophotometry

The solution properties of zirconium complex with the Schiff's base 2-(2-pyridylmethyl-eneamino)phenol have been studied by zero-order absorption spectrophotometry. The influence of pH, stability of the complexes with time and stability constants were investigated. The use of first-derivative spectrometry eliminates the interference of chromium and enables the simultaneous determination of zirconium and chromium without previous separation. The relative overall standard errors, of five independent simultaneous determinations of zirconium and chromium at the 1.0 μg/ml concentration level, were 2 and 4%, respectively. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the analysis of some real samples of zirconium/chromium bronzes.