Determination of antimony in rain water at the nanogram level with surfactant and brilliant green

A new, simple, selective and sensitive method for the spectrophotometric determination of antimony in rain water is described. It includes preconcentrating Sb with surfactants (i.e. cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and Triton X-100 (TX-100)) into toluene and allowing the extract to react with a dye, i.e. brilliant green (BG). The value of apparent molar absorptivity is 5.55 × 10⁵ L-mol^–1· cm^–1 at λ_max = 620 nm; the detection limit is 3 ng/mL Sb in rain water at 3-fold preconcentration.     

A new spectrophotometric method for the determination of total and ferric iron in rain water at the ppb level

A new, simple, selective and sensitive spectrophotometric procedure for the on-site quantification of iron at nano-gram levels in atmospheric precipitations, i.e. rain as sample source is described. It is based on the color reaction of Fe3+ with SCN- ions in the presence of a cationic surfactant, i.e. cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), in strong HCl solution, and subsequent extraction of the complex with N-octylacetamide into toluene or chloroform. The apparent molar absorptivity of the complex is 2.60 x 10(5) L mol(-1) cm(-1) at lambdamax = 480 nm at an enrichment factor (EF) of 10. The detection limit (causing higher absorbance than the sum of the blank absorbance (0.009) and 3 SD) is 5 ng mL(-1) Fe. Ions commonly associated with iron did not interfere in the present method. The effect of analytical variables, i.e. amount and type of the reagents, acidity, solvent, temperature, dilution, etc., in the determination of iron are discussed. The validity of the present method is checked with GF-AAS. The method has been applied to the determination of iron at the ppb level in rain water samples.     

Organic solvent-soluble membrane filters for the preconcentration and spectrophotometric determination of iron(II) traces in water with Ferrozine

An organic solvent-soluble membrane filter (MF) is proposed for the simple and rapid reconcentration with subsequent spectrophotometric determination of trace levels of iron (II) in water. Iron (II) is collected on a nitrocellulose membrane filter as ion associate of an anionic complex, which is formed by iron (II) and Ferrozine and a cation-surfactant. The ion-pair compound and the MF can be dissolved in small volumes of 2-ethoxyethanol and the absorbance of the resulting solution is measured at 560 nm against a reagent blank with molar absorptivity of 4.01 × 10⁴ L mol^–1 cm^–1. Beer’s law is obeyed over the concentration range 0–10 μg L^–1 of iron (II) in water and the detection limit is 0.03 μg L^–1 with a 50-fold enrichment factor. The proposed method can satisfactorily be applied to the determination of iron (II) in natural water and sea water.     

Spectrophotometric study on the reactions of iron(II) with bromopyrogallol red and pyrogallol red in the presence of quaternary ammonium salt

Iron(II) in the presence of quaternary ammonium salt reacts with bromopyrogallol red (BPR) and pyrogallol red (PR) to form a ternary complex. The ternary complex Fe(II)-BPR-TDTA is suitable for the determination of trace amounts of iron. The complex has an absorbance maximum at 635 nm with molar absorptivity 5.6 × 10⁴ liters mol^?1 cm^?1, in which the molar ratio of iron(II) to BPR is 1:3. Beer's law is obeyed over the range 0.08–0.5 μg/ml of iron. Masking agents allow most interferences to be suppressed.     

Indirect Spectrophotometric Determination of Vanadium(IV) by Flow Injection Analysis Based on the Redox Reaction with Copper(II) in the Presence of Neocuproine

Abstract

An indirect photometric method with a continuous-flow analysis is presented for the determination of trace amounts of vanadium(IV). It is based on the redox reaction of copper(II) with vanadium(1V) in the presence of neocuproine. In the presence of neocuproine, copper(I1) is reduced easily by vanadium(I V) to a copper(1)-neocuproine complex, which shows a n absorption maximum at 454 nm. By measuring t h e absorbance of the complex at this wavelength, vanadium(1V) in t h e range 2×10^?6 - 8 × mol dm^?5 mol dm^?3 can be determined at a rate of 120 samples h^?1. The fractional determination of vanadium(1V) and iron(I1) is also studied.     

Integrated retention/spectrophotometric detection in flow-injection analysis : Determination of Iron in Water and Wine

An integrated retention/spectrophotometric method is proposed for the determination of iron based on the Fe (III)-thiocyanate complex. The method has good selectivity, with a determination limit of 10 ng ml^?1 and a linear range of 10–400 ng ml^?1. Different types of measurements (peak height, absorbance increment, tangent curve) are shown to have their particular advantages. The method is applied to the determination of iron in natural water and wine, with an average recovery of 100.3% and 98.8% and an average deviation of the recovery of 2.5% and 1.6%, respectively.     

The solvent extraction of the ternary complexes of iron(II)-rhodamine b with various nitrosophenols: Determination of iron in waters

Twenty nitrosophenols and nitrosonaphthols were examined as reagents for ternary complex formation with iron(II) and rhodamine B. Only reagents containing electron-attracting substituents were satisfactory, and of these, 2-nitroso-4-chlorophenol was best. The ternary complex contains 2-nitroso-4-chlorophenol, iron(II) and rhodamine B in the ratio 3:1:1, and can be readily extracted into benzene. The red extracted complex shows maximal absorbance at 558 nm with a molar absorptivity of9.0·10⁴. Beer's law is obeyed over the range 0-1· 10^?5M iron (II); the pH range for extraction is 4.3–5.3, and the color is stable for at least 1 week. The application of'the method to the determination of iron in potable and river waters is described.     

Complex Formation Equilibria of Iron(III) With 2-Hydroxy-3- Pyridinol and 2-Mercapto-3-Pyridinol. Spectrophotometry Determination of Iron(III) In Multivitamins

ABSTRACT

The complex equilibria of iron(III) with 2-hydroxy-3-pyridinol (HHP), and 2-mercapto-3-pyridinol (MHP) were studied spectrophotometrically in 40% (v/v) ethanol and an ionic strength of 0.1M (NaCIO₄). The complexation reactions were demonstrated and characterized using graphical logarithmic analysis of the absorbance pH-graphs. After considering all the different parameters a simple, rapid, sensitive and selective method for spectrophotometric determination of trace levels of iron(III) was proposed based on the formation of (Fe -MHP) complex at pH 2.5 (λ_max = 640 nm, ? = l×10⁴ L mol^?1 cm^?). The interference of a large number of foreign ions was investigated. The method has been applied successfully for the determination of iron content in some multivitamins with mineral preparations and infant milk products.     

Graphite furnace-atomic absorption spectrophotometric determination of palladium in soil

A new and sensitive procedure for the graphite furnace-atomic absorption spectrophotometric (GF-AAS) determination of Pd in soil at nanogram level is described. The method is based on prior separation and enrichment of the metal as Pd(II)-SnCl₃ ^–-N-butylacetamide (BAA) complex into 1-pentanol (PN) by solvent extraction method. The value of the molar absorptivity of the complex in three solvents, i.e. ethyl acetate, 1-pentanol, chloroform, lie in the range of (0.70–2.75) × 10⁴ L mol^–1 cm^–1 at λ_max 360–440 nm. The metal could be enriched into organic solvent, i.e. PN, up to 10-folds. The sensitivity (A = 0.0044) of the method in the term of the peak height was 0.5 ng Pd/mL of the aqueous solution at an enrichment factor (EF) of 5. Optimization of analytical variables during enrichment and GF-AAS determination of the metal are discussed. The method has been applied for the analysis of Pd to soil samples derived from roads and highways in Germany.     

Determination of antimony in rain water at the nanogram level with surfactant and brilliant green

A new, simple, selective and sensitive method for the spectrophotometric determination of antimony in rain water is described. It includes preconcentrating Sb with surfactants (i.e. cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and Triton X-100 (TX-100)) into toluene and allowing the extract to react with a dye, i.e. brilliant green (BG). The value of apparent molar absorptivity is 5.55 × 10⁵ L-mol^–1· cm^–1 at λ_max = 620 nm; the detection limit is 3 ng/mL Sb in rain water at 3-fold preconcentration. Received: 6 June 1997 / Revised: 1 August 1997 / Accepted: 5 August 1997     

Spectrophotometric determination of iron(III) with chrome azurol s or eriochrome cyanine r and some cationic surfactants

Sensitive spectrophotometric methods for the determination of iron(III), based on ternary complexes with a triphenylmethane reagent, chrome azurol S (CAS) or eriochrome cyanine R (ECR), and cetyltrimethylammonium (CTA) or cetylpyridinium (CP) ions, are described. For the system Fe—CAS—CTA, the molar absorptivity is 1.35 × 10⁵ l mol^-1 cm^-1 at 645 nm; for Fe—ECR—CTA it is 1.28 × 10⁵ l mol^-1 cm^-1 at 635 nm. Maximum absorbance is attained (at about pH 4) when the molar ratio (to iron) or CAS or ECR is about 20 and that of CTA or CP is 60–80. Citrate, tartrate, oxalate and EDTA interfere. Interference by metals (e.g. Be, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Zr, Th) can be eliminated by preliminary extraction of iron(III) as thiocyanate complex. The method was successfully applied to determining traces of iron in analytical-grade sodium hydroxide.     

Rapid spectrophotometric determination of iron in natural waters with 4-(2-thiazolylazo)-6-chlororesorcinol

4-(2-Thiazolylazo)-6-chlororesorcinol reacts sensitively with iron(II) to form a water-soluble brown complex which has a characteristic absorption at 741 nm. By utilizing this absorption, rapid and selective spectrophotometric determination of iron has been developed. The absorbance is constant at pH 8.7 to 10.9 and Beer's law holds up to 1.8 ppm of iron, with a molar absorptivity of 3.13 × 10⁴ liters mol^?1 cm^?1. Many types of ions are tolerable and the method has been applied successfully to the determination of iron in river waters.     

Stopped-flow kinetic determination of acetaminophen by oxidation with a 1,10-phenanthroline/iron(III)complex

A stopped-flow method for the determination of acetaminophen based on its oxidation with a 1,10-phenanthroline/iron (III) complex is described. The reaction is followed by measuring the initial rate of change of the absorbance of the ferroin formed at 510 nm, which is proportional to the acetaminophen concentration. The linear range of the determination is 0.25–25.0 μg ml^?1 and the relative standard deviation is 2.6%. Sample throughput is 60 h^?1 (triplicate runs). The method is simple and rapid and unaffected by the presence of most other drugs and excipients. Analysis of pharmaceutical samples showed excellent correlation with the nominal values.     

Flow Injection Analysis Spectrophotometric Determination of Platinum

Abstract

A new, simple, rapid, and selective procedure for the flow injection analysis (FIA) spectrophotometric determination of platement (Pt) is described. The method is based on the color reaction of Pt(IV) with SnCl₂ in the HCl medium. The mixed surfactants, i.e., cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC)+triton X‐100 (TX‐100) are used to enhance sensitivity of the method. The value of apparent molar absorptivity in the term of Pt is (3.00)×10³ L mol^?1 cm^?1 at absorption maximum, 405 nm. The detection limit (causing absorbance greater than 3×std. dev.) of the method is 150 ng/mL^?1. The optimum concentration range for the determination of Pt is 0.5–18 µg/mL^?1 with slope, intercept and correlation coefficient 0.0086, ?0.001, and +0.99, respectively. The sample throughput of the method is 120 samples/h^?1 at the flow rate of 3.7 mL/min^?1. The composition of the complex, and the reaction mechanism involved are discussed. The effect of FIA and analytical variables on the determination of the metal is optimized. The method has been tested for the analysis of Pt to the catalytic materials.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Selected Antibiotics Using Prussian Blue Reaction

A simple, sensitive and accurate spectrophotometric method has been described for the determination of ampicillin(I), amoxicillin trihydrate(II) and cefazolin sodium(III). The procedure is based on the formation of Prussian Blue (PB) complex. The reaction between the acidic hydrolysis products of antibiotics (T = 60 °C) with mixture of Fe³⁺ and hexacyanoferrate(III) ions was evaluated for the spectrophotometric determination of the mentioned drugs. The maximum absorbance of the colored complex occurs at λ = 700 nm and the molar absorptivity is 3.0 × 10⁴ 1 mol^?1cm^?1. The effect of various parameters such as concentration of K₃Fe(CN)₆ and Fe³⁺, nature and amount of acids used, temperature and time of heating were investigated. Under optimum conditions the linear range of calibration graph was 2.0–12.0, 5.0–13.5 and 3.0–12.0 μg mL^?1 for ampicillin, amoxicillin and cefazolin, respectively. The relative standard deviation for the determination of 10 μg mL^?1 of antibiotics was about 0.5–1.5%. The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of selected antibiotics from pharmaceutical preparations. The validity of the method was tested by the official methods and by the recovery studies of standard addition to pharmaceuticals.     

Spectrophotometric determination of germanium based on its ternary complex with phenylfluorone and zephiramine

A sensitive Spectrophotometric method for the determination of germanium based on its ternary complex with phenylfluorone and zephiramine was developed. The complex forms in 0.3–1.5 M HCl medium. Maximum absorbance is obtained for the molar ratio of Ge:PF:zeph = 1:16:600. Molar absorptivity (ϵ) is 1.38 × 10⁵ liters mol⁻¹ cm⁻¹ at λ_max = 505 nm. Due to the limited selectivity of the method (Sn, Sb, Nb, Ta, Ti, V, Mo, ClO₄⁻, SO₄²⁻, PO₄³⁻) before determining trace amounts of germanium, it should be separated, e.g., by extraction. Germanium in galman ore was determined with the developed method (about 1 × 10⁻³%). Attempts to achieve satisfactory analytical results failed in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium ions or cetylpyridinium ions used as cationic surfactants.     

Zero-Order and Third-Derivative Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron(III) with 4-(2-Pyridylazo)-Resorcinol in the Presence of N-Hexadecylpyridinium Chloride

Abstract

The complex formation reaction between iron(III) and 4-(2-pyridylazo) resorcinol(PAR) in the presence of various water soluble surfactants((N-hexadecylpyridinium chloride (HPC), poly(vinylalcohol)(PVA), sodium dodecylsulfate(SDS), sodium N-lauroylsarcosine(SL)) alone or in combination at weakly acidic media was systematically investigated. An improved and more sensitive spectrophotometric method for the determination of iron was proposed by zero-order and third-derivative spectrophotometry using the PAR-iron(III)-HPC ternary complex system at about pH 5.2. The calibration curve was rectilinear in the ranges of 0 – 15.0 μg iron(III) in a final 10-ml on the zero-order spectrophotometry. Also, upon the third-derivative spectrophotometry, Beer's law was obeyed in the range of 0 – 8.0 μg iron(III)/10 ml by measuring the distance between the absorbance peak(λ₁ = 527 nm) and the valley (λ₂ = 560 nm). The apparent molar absorptivity was 4.8 × 10⁴ 1 mol^?1 cm^?1 in zero-order spectrophotometry, and 1.36 × 10⁵ mol^?1 cm^?1 in third-derivative spectrophotometry. The effect of foreign ions was decreased within ½ – ¼-fold in comparison with the method in the presence of PVA without HPC. Especially, the third-derivative spectrophotometric method was sensitive and selective, and made possible to assay mixed sample solution containing iron(III) and copper(II), etc.     

Extraction-photometric determination of uranium(IV) with chlorophosphonazo-III

A sensitive spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of uranium. The uranium(IV)-chlorophosphonazo-III complex is extracted into 3-methyl-1-butanol from 1.5–3.0 M hydrochloric acid solution. Maximal absorbance occurs at 673 nm and Beer's law is obeyed over the range of 0–15 μg per 10 ml of the organic phase. The molar absorptivity is 12.1·10⁴ 1 mole^?1 cm^?1. Uranium can be determined in the presence of fluoride. sulfate and phosphate. Nitrate ion and elements (chromium, copper, iron) which affect the reduction of uranium(VI) or stability of uranium(IV) interfere.     

Spectrophotometric determination of iron(III)-dimethyldithiocarbamate (ferbam) using 9-(4-carboxyphenyl)-2,3,7-trihydroxyl-6-fluorone

A spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of iron(III)-dimethyldithiocarbamate (ferbam) by concerting it into an iron(III)-9-(4-carboxyphenyl)-2,3,7-trihydroxyl-6-fluorone complex. In NH₃-HAc buffer solution (pH 6.5), the reagent reacts with ferbam to form a blue complex with a maximum absorption peak at 640 nm. The reaction can be completed rapidly at room temperature and the absorbance is stable for at least 24 h. The apparent molar absorption coefficient, Sandell’s sensitivity of the complex, the detection limit and the relative standard deviation were found to be 1.06×10⁵ l mol⁻¹ cm⁻¹, 3.9 ng cm⁻², 2.2 ng ml⁻¹ and 1.06%, respectively. From 0 to 75 μg of ferbam in 25 ml solution the absorbance obeyed Beer’s law. The effect of foreign ions and other dithiocarbamates were also studied in detail. The results indicated that all coexisting ions examined can be tolerated in considerable amounts, especially other dithiocarbamates such as ziram and zineb, which always interfere with the determination of ferbam in the literature. The proposed method is very sensitive, selective and simple, it has been applied to determine ferbam in commercial samples.     

Flow-injection spectrophotometric determination of fluoride by using the zirconium/alizarin red S complex

A spectrophotometric flow-injection procedure is described for fluoride in aqueous samples. The method is based on the decrease in absorbance of the zirconium/alizarin red S complex at 520 nm; linear response is obtained for the range 0.1–10 mg l^?1 fluoride at a sampling rate of 100 h^?1. Aluminum(III), iron(III) and phosphate interfere.