Interaction of Aluminum Metaphosphates in the Setting of Potassium Silicate Solutions in Terms of the Crystalline Phase Composition.

Aluminum phosphates are known as inorganic hardening agents for the setting of alkali silicate solutions, but only few studies have been published on the setting mechanism of potassium water glass. The solution behavior of two aluminum metaphosphates in alkaline environments were investigated photometrically determining the dissolved aluminum content. The crystalline phase composition of the hardened potassium silicate systems was determined by X-ray diffraction. New insights into the setting mechanism were obtained concerning the structure of the aluminum metaphosphate and the SiO₂/K₂O ratio of three different potassium silicate solutions. With increasing pH value aluminum tetrametaphosphate reacts rapidly and forms crystalline potassium tetrametaphosphate dihydrate by an ion-exchange-reaction. In parallel, a depolymerization of the cyclic metaphosphate structure occurs leading to potassium dihydrogen phosphate as final fragmentation product. With aluminum hexametaphosphate no ion-exchange reaction product was observed. Only potassium dihydrogen phosphate could be found in higher quantities compared to the reaction with aluminum tetrametaphosphate.     

主成分回归rFIA同时测定磷和硅的应用研究

以钼酸铵-sb^3^ -抗坏血酸为显色体系,利用rFIA(反相流动注射分析)分光光度法,对磷和硅的同时测定进行了实验研究;根据主成分回归法具有用较少的独立成分说明多个变量所提供的信息,有效降低噪声影响的特点,对实验所得数据进行了主成分回归处理,并建立起校正模型;结果表明,该模型在磷和硅的同时测定中是准确可行的。     

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Preconcentration of phosphate as molybdoantimonylphosphoric acid on polyurethane foam has been combined with X-ray fluorescence measurement of antimony for the indirect determination of phosphate. The extraction is optimum between pH 1 and 3.6 and no interference is observed from silicate. The precision is 5% RSD at the 0.25-mug ml level and the detection limit is 20 ng ml for 100 ml of sample solution.     

Spectral interferences from phosphate matrices in the determination of arsenic, antimony, selenium and tellurium by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

The spectral interferences of phosphorus species originating from the thermal decomposition of calcium phosphate on Sb, As, Se and Te resonance lines, and the influence of increasing amounts of Ce, Ni, W, Pd, Pt, Zr and other elements on non-correctable signals generated by calcium phosphate and on selenium and phosphorus sensitivity have been studied. The results indicate that spectral interference is caused by P₂ absorption and that the extent of interference depends on the wavelength and the spectral band width. The generation of P₂ is masked by large amounts of all the tested reagents. There is a significant reduction in selenium sensitivity in the presence of high concentrations of Ce, Pd and Pt while no decrease in sensitivity is caused by the presence of even 1% nickel and tungsten solutions. All the reagents tested provided enhanced phosphorus sensitivity, thorium being the best.     

Assessment of acyl groups and reaction conditions in the competition between perhydrolysis and hydrolysis of acyl resorufins for developing an indicator reaction for fluorometric analysis of hydrogen peroxide

Perhydrolysis of acetyl resorufin (AR) was reported previously to work as a fluorometric indicator reaction for glucose determination using only glucose oxidase. However, hydrolysis of AR in blank solution rendered the working concentration range of this method less than two orders of magnitude. To exclude or at least significantly reduce this interference, acyl groups and reaction conditions in the competition between perhydrolysis and hydrolysis of various acyl resorufins were assessed. Fluorometric evaluation of reactions in the presence or absence of H202 in phosphate buffer (pH 7.5, 100 mm)-CH3CN at 25 degrees C demonstrated that in tert-butylacetyl, isobutyryl, cyclohexanecarbonyl and pivaloyl resorufins (TBAR, IBR, CHR and PVR, respectively) among 10 acyl resorufins examined here, the competitive situation was shifted in a much more favorable way to perhydrolysis than in AR, although fluorometric responses due to their H2O2-dependent deacylation were suppressed in comparison with AR. Examination of the effects of pH, components and concentrations of buffers as well as reaction temperature established reaction conditions that not only allowed perhydrolysis of each of these four compounds to prevail over hydrolysis more effectively, but also improved the H2O2-based fluorometric responses. Thus, perhydrolysis of TBAR, IBR, CHR and PVR in phosphate buffer (pH 8.0, 20 mM)-CH3CN at 25 degrees C worked effectively as fluorometric indicator reactions for H2O2 analysis, affording a calibration curve over a concentration range of three orders of magnitude. Taking sensitivity, reproducibility and the response for blank solution into consideration, PVR seemed to be the best choice as a fluorochromogen for H2O2 determination under these conditions. For H2O2 analysis at lower pH, perhydrolysis of IBR in phosphate buffer (pH 7.5, 20 mm)-CH3CN was shown to effectively function as an indicator reaction. Applicability of the fluorometric methods with PVR and IBR to blood glucose determination was also discussed, comparing with Trinder's method with phenol, 4-aminoantipyrine and peroxidase (POD).     

Equilibrium and heat of adsorption of diethyl phthalate on heterogeneous adsorbents

The sorption of sodium silicate by synthetic magnetite (Fe3O4) at different pH conditions (pH 7-11) and initial silicate concentrations (1 x 10(-3) and 10 x 10(-3) molL(-1)) was studied using in situ attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. The analysis of infrared spectra of sodium silicate in solution as well as adsorbed on magnetite nano-particles clearly showed the evolution of different silicate species depending on pH and silica concentration. The silicate concentration studied (10 x 10(-3) molL(-1)) contained polymeric or condensed silicate species at lower pH as well as monomers at high pH, as evident from infrared spectra. Condensation of monomers resulted in an increased intensity of absorptions in the high frequency part (>1050 cm(-1)) of the spectral region, which contains information about both silicate in solution and sorbed silicate viz. 1300 cm(-1)-850 cm(-1). In the pH range studied, infrared spectra of sorbed silicate and sorbed silicate during desorption both indicated the presence of different types of surface complexes at the magnetite surface. The sorption mechanism proposed is in accordance with a ligand exchange reaction where both monodentate and bidentate complexes could exist at low surface loading level, the relative proportion of the complexes being due to both pH and concentration in solution. Oligomerization occurred on the magnetite surface at higher surface loading.     

Simultaneous determination of silicate and phosphate in boiler water at power plants based on series flow cells by using flow injection spectrophotometry

A new flow injection spectrophotometric method is described for the simultaneous determination of silicate and phosphate. Effects on the sensitivity of the method of the wavelength, temperature, length of reaction coils, pump rates, acidity, sampling volume, concentration of the chromogenic reagent, etc. were also investigated. The optimum conditions were ascertained.The principle of the method is that total concentration of silicate plus phosphate is determined when a injected sample plug is passing through the first flow cell and then the concentration of silicate is serially) determined at a second flow cell of the same detector after continuously masking the yellow molybdophosphate in the sample zone. Finally, the concentration of phosphate is obtained by difference.Silicate and phosphate are determined in boiler water at power plants; 60-120 samples h⁻¹ be analyzed. Determination ranges are 0.05-22 mg l⁻¹ for silicate and 0.1-24 mg l⁻¹ for phosphate. Relative standard deviations for metasilicate and orthophosphate were ≤1.2 and 1.3%, respectively. Recovery ranges of silicate and phosphate in the samples are 98-103%.     

Spectrophotometric determination of phosphate anion based on the formation of molybdophosphate in ethylene glycol-water mixed solution

New appropriate reaction system was found for spectrophotometric determination of phosphate anion. This spectrophotometric method is based on the color development due to the formation of yellow molybdophosphate anion in acidic ethylene glycol-water (EG-W) mixed solution containing Mo(VI) species. The solution containing e.g. 20 mM Na(2)MoO(4), 0.1 M HCl, and 40% (v/v) EG is colorless, and becomes immediately yellow by addition of phosphate anion. Thus the method is simple, rapid, and easy to carry out. Although Si(IV) species is well known to interfere with the determination of phosphate anion in many cases, the EG-W Mo(VI) solution remains colorless after addition of silicate anion at 1 mM level, indicating that no yellow molybdosilicate anion was formed in the EG-W solution. Under an optimized condition, the absorbance at e.g. 400 nm of the EG-W P(V)-Mo(VI) solution was proportional to the concentration of phosphate anion with good reproducibility, and the detection limit was 1 μM. Also the present method is less interfered by high concentrations of potassium and ammonium cations and oxidative nitrite anion as well as silicate anion.     

Enzyme-free amperometric sensing of glucose by using gold nanoparticles

A nonenzymatic electrochemical method is described for the detection of glucose by using gold (Au) nanoparticles self-assembled on a three-dimensional (3D) silicate network obtained by using sol-gel processes. The nanosized Au particles have been self-assembled on the thiol tail groups of the silicate network and enlarged by hydroxylamine. The Au nanoparticles efficiently catalyze the oxidation of glucose at less-positive potential (0.16 V) in phosphate buffer solution (pH 9.2) in the absence of any enzymes or redox mediators. The Au nanoparticle-modified transducer (MPTS-nAuE) was successfully used for the amperometric sensing of glucose and it showed excellent sensitivity with a detection limit of 50 nM. The common interfering agent ascorbate (AA) does not interfere with the detection of glucose. The MPTS-nAuE transducer showed individual voltammetric responses for glucose and AA. This transducer responded linearly to glucose in the range of 0-8 mM and the sensitivity of the transducer was found to be 0.179 nA cm(-2) nM(-1). Excellent reproducibility, and long-term storage and operational stability was observed for this transducer.     

Mechanism of the initial stage of silicate oligomerization

The mechanism of the initial stage of silicate oligomerization from solution is still not well understood. Here we use an off-lattice kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) approach called continuum kMC to model silicate oligomerization in water solution. The parameters required for kMC are obtained from density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The evolution of silicate oligomers and their role in the oligomerization process are investigated. Results reveal that near-neutral pH favors linear growth, while a higher pH facilitates ring closure. The silicate oligomerization rate is the fastest at pH 8. The temperature is found to increase the growth rate and alter the pathway of oligomerization. The proposed pH and temperature-dependent mechanism should lead to strategies for the synthesis of silicate-based materials.     

Calcium-phosphorus interactions at a nano-structured silicate surface

Nano-structured calcium silicate (NCS), a highly porous material synthesized by controlled precipitation from geothermal fluids or sodium silicate solution, was developed as filler for use in paper manufacture. NCS has been shown to chemisorb orthophosphate from an aqueous solution probably obeying a Freundlich isotherm with high selectivity compared to other common environmental anions. Microanalysis of the products of chemisorption indicated there was significant change from the porous and nano-structured morphology of pristine NCS to fibrous and crystalline morphologies and non-porous detritus. X-ray diffraction analysis of the crystalline products showed it to be brushite, CaHPO42H2O, while the largely X-ray amorphous component was a mixture of calcium phosphates. A two-step mechanism was proposed for the chemisorption of phosphate from an aqueous solution by NCS. The first step, which was highly dependent on pH, was thought to be desorption of hydroxide ions from the NCS surface. This was kinetically favoured at lower initial pH, where the predominant form of phosphate present was H2PO(-)4, and led to decreased phosphorus uptake with increasing pH. The second step was thought to be a continuing chemisorption process after stabilization of the pH-value. The formation of brushite as the primary chemisorption product was found to be consistent with the proposed mechanism.     

Sorption of As(V) from waters using chitosan and chitosan-immobilized sodium silicate prior to atomic spectrometric determination

A natural biosorbent containing amine functional groups, chitosan, and a novel sorbent, chitosan-immobilized sodium silicate, were prepared and utilized for the selective sorption of As(V) from waters prior to its determination by atomic spectrometric techniques, namely, hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Chitosan was synthesized from chitin and sodium silicate was used as the immobilization matrix due to its straightforward synthesis. Through sequential sorption studies, it was shown that chitosan-immobilized sodium silicate has exhibited a better chemical stability than the chitosan itself which demonstrates the advantage of immobilization method. Both chitosan and chitosan-immobilized sodium silicate were shown to selectively adsorb As(V), arsenate, from waters at pH 3.0 at which neither chitin nor sodium silicate displayed any sorption towards As(V). The sorption of arsenate by chitosan is supposed to have electrostatic nature since pH of 3.0 is both the point at which the amino groups in chitosan are protonated and also the predominant form of As(V) is H₂AsO₄⁻. A pre-oxidation step is required if both As(III) and As(V) are to be determined. Desorption from the sorbents was realized with 1.0% (w/v) l-cysteine prepared in a pH 3.0 solution adjusted with HCl. Among the possible interfering species tested, only Te(IV) and Sb(III) were shown to cause a decrease in the sorption capacity especially at high interferant concentrations. High concentrations of Sb(III) also resulted in gas phase interference during hydride generation.The validity of the method was checked both via spike recovery experiments and also through the analysis of a standard reference material. Spike recovery tests were carried out with four different types of water; namely, ultra-pure, bottled drinking, tap, and sea water; and percent recovery values were found to be 114 (±4), 112 (±2), 43 (±4), and 0 (±1), respectively. It was concluded that the proposed methodology can be applied efficiently to low-to-medium ionic strength solutions, such as most drinking waters. The accuracy of the method was additionally investigated through the analysis of a standard reference material and a good correlation was found between the determined (26.6 ± 2.4 μg L⁻¹) and the certified (26.67 μg L⁻¹) value.     

Speciation of Sb(III) and Sb(V) by pH-control using three inorganic acids (hydrochloric, phosphoric and sulphuric)

Summary A method is described for the speciation of Sb(III) and Sb(V) using HG-AAS. The efficiency of stibine generation using different pH, from Sb(III) and Sb(V) solutions, was tested. At high pH-values Sb(V) is not reduced to form stibine, Sb(III) being selectively determined. The three acids HCl, H₂SO₄ and H₃PO₄ at controlled pH were used to generate stibine, H₃PO₄ being the most satisfactory for antimony speciation. The interference of Sb(V) was studied for the case of Sb(III) determination with stibine generation in H₃PO₄ medium (pH 1.81). The speciation of Sb(III) and Sb(V) is possible up to a ratio of 1:9.     

Solvent extraction of microgram amounts of magnesium with 8-quinolinol and tetrabutyl-ammonium iodide followed by spectrophotometry with chlorophosphonazo-III

A rapid and sensitive solvent-extraction procedure for the separation of magnesium is reported. Microgram (0.1–10) amounts of magnesium are extracted with a chloroform solution of 8-quinolinol and tetrabutylammonium iodide in the presence of tartrate and phosphate. Magnesium is then back-extracted into an aqueous buffer solution (pH 7.3; tetrabutylammonium hydroxide—boric acid) and determined spectrophotometrically using chlorophosphonazo-III. Up to 500 mg of sulphate, phosphate or cyanide, 200 mg of chloride, 20 mg of aluminum, barium or silicate, and 2 mg of calcium can be tolerated.     

Mean centering of ratio kinetic profiles for the simultaneous kinetic determination of binary mixtures in electroanalytical methods

In this work, the applicability of mean centering (MC) of ratio kinetic profiles method to the kinetic voltammetry data is verified. For this purpose, a procedure is described for the determination of Sb(III) and Sb(V) by adsorptive linear sweep voltammetry using pyrogallol (py) as a complexing agent. The method is based on the differences between the rate of complexation of pyrogallol with Sb(V) and Sb(III) at pH 1.2. The results show that the mean centering of ratio kinetic profiles method is suitable for the speciation of antimony. Sb(III) and Sb(V) can be determined in the ranges of 3.0-120.0 and 10.0-240.0 ng mL⁻¹, respectively. Moreover, the solution is analyzed for any possible effects of foreign ions. The obtained results show that the method of MC in combination to electroanalytical techniques is a powerful method with high sensitivity and selectivity. The procedure is successfully applied to the speciation of antimony in pharmaceutical preparations.     

Distinguishing Adsorption and Surface Precipitation of Phosphate on Goethite (alpha-FeOOH)

The reaction between phosphate and goethite changes from adsorption into surface precipitation with no discernible changes in the adsorption isotherm. Distinguishing the two processes, by plotting the loss of phosphate from solution versus final phosphate concentration or based on theoretical calculations, is difficult. This paper presents a method for distinguishing between the two processes based on the change in zeta potential with increasing adsorption. During adsorption, the incoming phosphate results in a more negative surface charge as the more acidic phosphate ion replaces a less acidic surface hydroxyl. The amount of negative charge imparted to the surface should vary linearly with surface coverage for adsorption. Phosphate that is bound to a surface precipitate, on the other hand, imparts a much smaller negative charge to the surface, since there is no change in the character of the surface due to the additional phosphate. Zeta potential measurements of phosphated goethite at varying solution pH values and surface coverages are used to determine the transition point from adsorption to surface precipitation. The transition occurs at dissolved phosphate concentrations much lower than those calculated for phosphate in equilibrium with goethite and iron phosphate. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Determination of calcium oxide in calcined phosphate ores

It has been shown that an existing procedure to differentiate calcium oxide from the carbonate and silicate of calcium can be used in the presence of the phosphate, fluoride and sulphate of calcium, and of the carbonate and oxide of magnesium. It is based on the reaction in aqueous solution of calcium oxide with sucrose to form calcium saccharate, and subsequent titration with oxalic acid solution. The method has application for a direct chemical determination of calcium oxide in phosphate rock where calcination of accompanying carbonate is necessary in beneficiation processes.     

The use of lanthanum chloride to prevent interferences in the flame photometric determination of exchangeable calcium in soils

An examination of the interferences of aluminium, bicarbonate, phosphate, sulphate and silicate in the flame photometric determination of calcium in ammonium chloride solutions has shown that, with the exception of bicarbonate, all cause serious interference. Addition of lanthanum to the solution can satisfactorily prevent each of these interferences Provided the lanthanum to aluminium ratio is at least 12.5 I by weight all interference from aluminium can be prevented The use of lanthanum chloride to prevent such interferences in the determination of calcium in ammonium chloride lcachates of soils is discussed and a simple flame photometric method for the determination of exchangeable calcium in soils is proposed.     

Differential spectrophotometric determination of silica in rocks as α-molybdosilicic acid in presence of phosphate and other interferences

High concentrations of silica in rocks are determined by means of the stable α-12-molybdosilicic acid formed at around pH 4.2 in acetate buffer. Phosphate interference is avoided by acidification with sulphuric acid. Silica is quantified by differential spectrophotometry at 400 nm against standard rock solutions. Considerable amounts of phosphorus, arsenic and titanium and small amounts of germanium and vanadium do not interfere. The standard deviation is about 0.3%. The method is rapid and suitable for routine analysis of silicate and phosphate rocks.     

On mohr's method for the determination of chlorides

mohr's method for the determination of chloride has been rc-cxamined because of a number of conflicting statements which still appear in the text-books. Methods for the determination of the blank value have been compared. Evidcnce was found in support of berry and driver's claim that the indicator should be neutralised ; a much better control of the final pH value of the solution is thus obtained. The effect of phosphate and arscnate was found to be less serious than is generally supposed; fluoride had no effect at all. Oxalate interferes seriously but the interference can be overcome by precipitation as calcium oxalate. Iron also interferes but can be partially masked with fluoride. Contrary to the general opinion aluminium causes only slightly high results and zinc is without effect. Attempts to mask cations which normally interfere by the use of EDTA were unsuccessful.