Spectrophotometric determination of vanadium(IV) with nitrilotriacetic acid

A new and convenient spectrophotometric method for the estimation of vanadium(IV) with NTA is described. The minimum ratio of metal ion to ligand, working pH, wavelength for maximum absorbance of the complex ion, and the effect of various cations and anions are described. The complex ion obeys Beer's law in the concentration range 1–32 mmol/liter of the vanadium(IV) ion. It is observed that iron(II), cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II), and oxidizing anions such as chromate and nitrite interfere in this determination, whereas managanese(II), chromium(III), iron(III), and anions like nitrate, chloride, bromide, iodide, thiocyanate, sulfate, and sulfite do not have any effect. Excessive amounts of acetate, phosphate, oxalate, tartrate and thiosulfate must also be avoided in this determination. Anions and cations which interfere in the determination of vanadium(IV) by NTA should not be present in the system.     

Optimized spectrophotometric determination of trace cobalt and manganese by their catalysis of the tiron—hydrogen peroxide reaction

A kinetic—spectrophotometric method for the detemination of traces of cobalt(II) and manganese(II) based on their catalytic effect on the tiron—hydrogen peroxide indicator reaction is proposed. Optimal conditions for determination of Co(II) are deduced from response surface studies, considering the sensitivity and the blank absorbance as responses. The detection limit is 0.05 ng Co ml^?1. The Mn(II)-catalyzed reaction was optimized for 1,10-phenanthroline as the activator by the simplex method and for 2,2′-bipyridine as the activator by response surface methodology on the basis of a previously described mechanistic model of the catalytic reaction. In the presence of 2,2′-bipyridine, the detection limit is 0.2 ng Mn ml^?1. The influence of foreign metal ions on both determinations is discussed and is related in the case of the 2,2′-bipyridine—activated Mn(II)-catalyzed reaction with model generated effects of these metal ions.     

The mucic acid as chromogenic agent

The absorption spectra in the infrared and vis-uv regions of mucic acid were established. The analytical behavior of mucic acid as a potential chromogenic reagent for the spectrophotometric determination of trace materials was studied. Interactions with iron(III), copper(II), cobalt(II) and (III), nickel(II), vanadium(IV), and uranyl(II) in basic medium were observed.     

Spectrophotometric determination of vanadium in biological materials with N-benzylbenzohydroxamic acid

A spectrophotometric method for the determination of vanadium in biological materials with N-benzylbenzohydroxamic acid is proposed. The method is highly selective for vanadium and is free from rigid control of reaction conditions. No separation of iron prior to the determination of vanadium is necessary. Cu(II), Co(II), Ni, Mn(II), Cr(III), Ce(IV), Zr, Mo(VI), Ca, Sr, Ba, UO(2)(II) and many others metal ions do not interfere. Fairly large quantities of Ti(IV) and W(VI) are tolerated.     

Simultaneous determination of cobalt,copper, iron and vanadium in crude petroleum oils by HPLC

Summary A method has been developed for the simultaneous formation and solvent extraction of cobalt (II), copper (II), iron (II) and vanadium (IV) complexes of bis (acetylpivalylmethane)ethylenediamine (H₂APM₂en) in methyl isobutyl ketone. The complexes are eluted from a reversed phase HPLC column with a mixture of methanol:water:acetonitrile and detection was at 260 nm. The method has been applied to the simultaneous determination of cobalt, copper, iron and vanadium in crude petroleum oils at the ng level.     

Catalytic kinetic simultaneous determination of iron, silver and manganese with the Kalman filter by using flow injection analysis stopped-flow spectrophotometry

A catalytic differential kinetic method with Kalman filter for the simultaneous determination of multi-component is described. The oxidization of Rhodamine B (RB) by potassium periodate in a slightly acid solution is a slow reaction. But iron(III), silver(I) or manganese(II) has a differential catalytic effect on the oxidation reaction of RB in the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline as the activator. So iron, silver and manganese can be simultaneously determined by measuring the decreasing absorbance of the dye (RB) at 555 nm. A flow injection analysis stopped-flow spectrophotometric system with a microcomputer performs the determinations. This method has been applied to determining iron, silver and manganese of alloy samples with satisfactory results.     

Investigations of Cobalt, Nickel, and Copper Diethyldithiocarbamates Using Thermal Lens Spectrometry

Thermal lens spectrometry was used to study the dissociation kinetics of diethyldithiocarbamate complexes of copper(II), cobalt(III), and nickel(II) as a function of pH in the presence of chloride and sulfate ions. It is shown that, as distinct from conventional spectrophotometric and potentiometric measurements, the reversible dissociation of the test complexes and the irreversible oxidation of the ligand can be studied separately (at a level of n × 10^–8–n × 10^–6 M) using thermal lens spectrometry. Because of work in more dilute solutions and due account of the kinetic features of the systems in question, thermal lens spectrometry provides a higher accuracy of the determination of stability constants for diethyldithiocarbamate complexes of copper(II), cobalt(III), and nickel(II). The adsorption of the diethyldithiocarbamate complexes in question from water–ethanol solutions (1 : 3) on Silasorb C₁₈ silica is studied, and the adsorption constants are determined. The limits of detection of copper(II), cobalt(III), and nickel(II) diethyldithiocarbamates obtained in extraction–thermal-lens determination are n × 10^–8 M.     

Simultaneous flow injection determination of iron(III) and vanadium(V) and of iron(III) and chromium(VI) based on redox reactions

A flow injection analysis (FIA) method is presented for the simultaneous determinations of iron(III)-vanadium(V) and of iron(III)-chromium(VI) using a single spectrophotometric detector. In the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), iron(III) is easily reduced by vanadium(IV) to iron(II), followed by the formation of a red iron(II)-phen complex (lambda(max) = 510 nm), which shows a positive FIA peak at 510 nm corresponding to the concentration of iron(III). On the other hand, in the presence of diphosphate the reductions of vanadium(V) and/or chromium(VI) with iron(II) occur easily because the presence of diphosphate causes an increase in the reducing power of iron(II). In this case iron(II) is consumed during the reaction and a negative FIA peak at 510 nm corresponding to the concentration of vanadium(V) and/or chromium(VI) is obtained. The proposed method makes it possible to obtain both positive (for iron(III)) and negative (for vanadium(V) or chromium(VI)) FIA peaks with a single injection.     

Simultaneous determination by iterative spectrophotometric detection in a closed flow system

A flow-injection configuration based on a closed flow system which includes a single spectrophotometric detector and allows iterative detection by passage of the reacting plug n times through the same detector is described. The information obtained can be used in the simultaneous determination of species by kinetic methods. The example given is the simultaneous determiantion of iron(III) and cobalt(II) via the EGTA/PAR ligand displacement reaction.     

Titration of vanadium(IV) with cerium(IV) sulphate, with ferroin as indicator, in aqueous acetone as facile reaction medium An analytical and mechanistic study

A new procedure for the titration of vanadium(IV) with cerium(IV) sulphate, with ferroin as indicator, in aqueous acetone medium is reported. A differential determination of iron(II) and vanadium(IV) is also possible. A probable mechanism for the fast ferriin-vanadium(IV) reaction in acetone medium is given.     

Flow injection analysis for oxidation state speciation of vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) in natural water.

A sensitive and simultaneous spectrophotometric flow injection method for the determination of vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) is proposed. The method is based on the effect of ligands such as 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine (TPTZ) and diphosphate on the conditional redox potential of iron(III)/iron(II) system. A four-channel flow system is assembled. In this flow system, diluted hydrochloric acid (1.0 x 10(-2) mol dm(-3)) as a carrier for standard/sample, acetate buffer (pH 5.5) as a carrier for diphosphate solution, an equimolar mixed solution of iron(III) and iron(II) and a TPTZ solution are delivered, so that the baseline absorbance can be established by forming a constant amount of iron(II)-TPTZ complex (lambda(max) = 593 nm). Vanadium(IV) and/or vanadium(V) (400 microL) and diphosphate (200 microL) solutions are simultaneously introduced into the flow system; in this system the diphosphate solution passes through a delay coil. The potential of the iron(III)/iron(II) system increases in the presence of TPTZ, and therefore vanadium(IV) is easily oxidized by iron(III) to vanadium(V) to produce an iron(II)-TPTZ complex (a positive peak for vanadium(IV) appears). On the other hand, the potential of the redox system decreases in the presence of diphosphate, so that vanadium(V) can be easily reduced by iron(II) to vanadium(IV). In this case, the amount of iron(II) decreases according to the amount of vanadium(V). As a result, the produced iron(II)-TPTZ complex decreases (a negative peak for vanadium(V) appears). In this manner, two peaks for vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) can be alternately obtained. The limits of detection (S/N = 3) are 1.98 x 10(-7) and 2.97 x 10(-7) mol dm(-3) for vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V), respectively. The method is applied to the simultaneous determination of vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) in commercial bottled mineral water samples.     

Artificial neural networks for simultaneous spectrophotometric differential kinetic determination of Co(II) and V(IV)

A method for simultaneous analysis of V(IV) and Co(II) has been developed by using artificial neural network (ANN). This method is based on the difference of the chemical reaction rate of V(IV) and Co(II) with Fe(III) in the presence of chromogenic reagent, 1,10-phenanthroline. The reduced product of the reaction, Fe(II), can form a colored complex with 1,10-phenanthroline and make a visible spectrophotometric signal for indirect monitoring of the V(IV) and Co(II) concentrations. Feed forward neural networks have been trained to quantify considered metal ions in mixtures under optimum conditions. The networks were shown to be capable of correlating reduced spectral kinetic data using principal component analysis (PCA) of mixtures with individual metal ion. In this way an ANN containing three layers of nodes was trained. Sigmoidal and linear transfer functions were used in the hidden and output layers, respectively, to facilitate nonlinear calibration. Both V(IV) and Co(II) were analyzed in the concentration range of 0.1-4.0 μg ml⁻¹. The proposed method was also applied satisfactorily to the determination of considered metal ions in several synthetic and water samples.     

Spectrophotometric determination of vanadium(IV) in the presence of vanadium(V) using Br-PADAP

In the present paper, a simple and sensitive method is proposed for vanadium(IV) determination in the presence of vanadium(V). This is based on the oxidation of vanadium(IV) present in the sample to vanadium(V) by addition of iron(III) cation, followed by a complexation reaction of iron(II) with the spectrophotometric reagent 2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol (Br-PADAP). The iron(II) reacts with Br-PADAP immediately, forming a stable complex with a large molar absorptivity. The vanadium(IV) determination is possible, with a calibration sensitivity of 0.549 g ml^–1, for an analytical curve of 18.8 ng ml^–1 to 2.40 g ml^–1, molar absorptivity of 2.80 × 10⁴ 1 mole^–1 cm^–1 and a detection limit of 5.5 ng ml^–1. Selectivity was increased with the use of EDTA as a masking agent. The proposed method was applied for the vanadium(IV) determination in the presence of several amounts of vanadium(V). The results revealed that 200 g of vanadium(V) do not interfere with determination of 5.00 g of vanadium(IV). The precision and the accuracy obtained were satisfactory (R. S. D.<2%).     

Investigation of the reaction of copper(I) with 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline at trace level by thermal lensing

The stability constants for copper(I) chelate with 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline are determined by thermal lensing, and the advantages over spectrophotometric determination of stability constants are shown. Changes in the photometric reaction when moving from the microgram to the nanogram level of reactants are discussed. The conditions for the thermal-lens determination of copper are optimized. The limit of detection of copper is 3x10(-8) mol dm(-3), and the linear calibration range 1x10(-7)-1x10(-5) mol dm(-3).     

Determination of diacetyl with spectrophotometry and thermal-lens spectrometry

The conditions for the spectrophotometric and thermal-lens determination of diacetyl with creatine and 2-naphthol are proposed. The obtained value of the detection limit for spectrophotometry (at 527 nm), which amounts to 10 ng/mL, is fivefold lower than the existing values of the spectrophotometric determination of diacetyl. The conditions for the thermal-lens determination of diacetyl (λ = 514.5 nm, strength of the inducing radiation: 40 mW) based on the unmodified procedure of spectrophotometric determination were proposed. Along with a fivefold (down to 2 ng/mL) decrease in the detection limit, which is comparable with that for the determination of diacetyl by means of gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (detection limit of 0.7 ng/mL), thermal-lens determination is characterized by the enhancement of other performance parameters of the determination. It was shown that, contrary to the case when gas chromatography is used, ethanol does not interfere with both the spectrophotometric and the thermal-lens determination of acetyl.     

Potentiometric redox determination of gold(III) and its application to alloys

The simple potentiometric method proposed for the indirect determination of 1–10 mg of gold(III) is based on reduction to the metal with excess of cobalt(II) in the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline or 2,2'-bipyridine at pH 3 and 50°C, and titration of the unused cobalt(II) complex with iron(III) chloride solution. Many metal ions can be tolerated; Ag(I) and Pd(II) are eliminated by precipitation with sodium chloride and 1,10-phenanthroline or 2,2'-bipyridine, respectively, but Hg(II), Fe(III) and Pt(IV) interfere. The method is applied to the determination of gold in alloys.     

Spectrophotometric determination of vanadium with 1,10-phenanthroline

A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method for the determination of vanadium based upon the reaction of vanadate with 1,10-phenanthroline in the presence of sodium dithionite in ammoniacal solution is described. The absorbance of the complex measured at 645 nm follows Beer's law for solutions containing 30-400 microg of vanadium in 100 ml of solution. A 10-fold excess of molybdenum, tungsten, phosphorus or chromium does not interfere. The molar absorptivity is 8.0 x 10(3) 1 mole(-1) cm(-1). The complex is shown to be tris-1,10-phenanthroline vanadium(II). The method has been applied successfully to the determination of vanadium in bauxite.     

Application of adsorptive stripping voltammetry (AdSV) for the analysis of trace metals in brine

Summary Routine analysis of brine for trace metals is important for safe and economical production in the alkali chloride electrolysis. As opposed to many spectroscopic techniques, trace metal determination by adsorptive stripping voltammetry (AdSV) is shown to be performed directly in brine. With minimal sample preparation chromium(VI), iron(III), nickel(II), cobalt(II), titanum(IV), manganese(II), molybdenum(VI) and vanadium(V) can be determined within minutes. The influence of parameters such as pH-value, supporting electrolyte solution, concentration of complexing reagents and possible interferents are investigated for optimal experimental conditions. Minimum detection limits are less than 5 ng/g for all trace metals except 1 ng/g for chromium(VI), cobalt(II) and molybdenium(VI) for 40 s adsorption periods with precisions of better than 7%. AdSV with linear or differential pulse scan is discussed.     

Simultaneous determination of copper and iron by second derivative spectrophotometry using mixtures of ligands

A highly sensitive and selective second derivative spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of copper and iron in mixtures. The method is based on the separation of the analytes by liquid-liquid extraction as picrate ion pairs. Iron-picrate, reacts in the organic phase of DCE with 5-phenyl-3-(4-phenyl-2-pyridinyl)-1,2,4-triazine (PPT). Similarly the copper-picrate reacts with 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenantroline (bathocuproine). The extracts were evaluated directly by derivative spectrophotometric measurement, using the zero-crossing approach for determination of copper and graphic method for iron. Iron and copper were thus determined in the ranges 8-120 ng ml(-1) and 8-125 ng ml(-1), respectively, in the presence of one another. The detection limits achieved (3sigma) were 2.9 ng ml(-1) of iron and 2.8 ng ml(-1) of copper. The relative standard deviations were in all instances less than 2.1%. The proposed method was applied to the determination of both analytes in river and tap water and the results were consistent with those provided by the AAS standard method.     

Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of ascorbic acid in soft drinks and beer

Two spectrophotometric methods, a photochemical and a non-photochemical, for the determination of ascorbic acid in soft drinks and beer using a flow-injection system are proposed. The non-photochemical method is based on the redox reaction that takes place between ascorbic acid and Fe(III), yielding dehydroascorbic acid and Fe(II). Fe(II) reacts with 1,10-phenantroline, originating the reddish orange Fe(phen)3(2+) complex (ferroin). This complex is spectrophotometrically monitored at 512 nm, and the signal is directly related to the concentration of ascorbic acid in the sample. The photochemical method has the same basis, nevertheless, uses the irradiation with visible light to enhance the redox reaction and so achieve higher sensitivities in the analysis. The non-photochemical method shows a linear range between 5 and 80 microg mL(-1), with a relative standard deviation of 1.6% (n = 11), a detection limit of 2.7 microg mL(-1) and a sample throughput of 60 samples h(-1). The photochemical method shows a linear range between 1 and 80 microg mL(-1), with a relative standard deviation of 1.0% (n = 11 ), a detection limit of 0.5 microg mL(-1) and a sample throughput of 40 samples h(-1).