Speciation studies by capillary electrophoresis- Simultaneous determination of chromium(III) and chromium(VI)

A method for the simultaneous determination of chromium(III) and chromium(VI) by capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been developed. The chromium(III) has been chelated with 1,2-cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid (CDTA) in order to impart a negative charge and similar mobility to both the chromium(III) and the chromium(VI) species. The effects of the amount of the reagent, pH and heating time required to complete the complexation have been studied. Factors affecting the CE behaviour such as the polarity of electrodes and the pH of electrophoretic buffer have been investigated. The separated species have been monitored by direct UV measurements at 214 nm. The detection limits achieved are 10 g/l for Cr(VI) and 5 g/l for Cr(III) and linear detector response is observed up to 100 mg/l. The procedure has been applied to the determination of both chromium species in industrial electroplating samples and its accuracy was checked by comparing the results (as total chromium) with those of atomic absorption spectrometry. No interference occurred from transition metal impurities under optimized separation conditions. The method is also shown to be feasible for determining Cr(III) as well as other metal ions capable to form complexes with CDTA (like iron(III), copper(II), zinc(II) and manganese(II)) in pharmaceutical preparations of essential trace elements.     

The mutual catalytic effect in kinetic reactions and its application to simultaneous determination of binary components

The mutual catalytic effect between iron(II) and antimony(III) on the chromium(VI)-iodide kinetic reactions has been studied by stopped-flow FIA. The concept of mutual catalytic coefficient is defined. The deviations from additive principles of absorbance within certain concentration ranges in previous procedures can be compensated effectively, by introducing the mutual catalytic coefficient into the simultaneous determination of a binary mixture with stopped-flow-FIA method. The linear concentration ranges have been enlarged, 0–3.5 g/ml Fe(II) and 0–3.7 g/ml Sb(III) compared with 0–1.2 g/ml Fe(II) and 0–2.0 g/ml Sb(III) without use of the coefficient. Iron and antimony contents in wastewater, a simulated sample and a zinc standard were determined, the recoveries and relative standard deviations being, respectively, 99.8–101.3% and 2.7–3.6% for iron and 95.4–100.3% and 2.3–5.3% for antimony compared with 95.2–98% and 3.0–4% for iron and 96–104% and 4.5–4.8% for antimony, assuming additivity.     

Field sampling technique for speciation of inorganic chromium in rivers

A simple and robust field sampling technique has been developed for the determination of chromium (III) and chromium (VI) in rivers. Water samples, on collection, were immediately passed through microcolumns of activated alumina to isolate and retain the desired species. Microcolumns were then returned to the laboratory and inserted into a FI-ICP-ES system for elution/ quantitation. Field sampling performed at 2 stations in S. Yorkshire over a 1 month period yielded elevated concentrations of chromium (III) (8–20g/1) and chromium (VI) (1.1–4.5 g/1) and, for each data set, the sum of the two fractions matched the total chromium concentration.     

1,3-pyrimidinyl(2,4,6-pyrimidine trione) and its metal chelates

Summary A new tetradentate ligand 1,3-pyrimidinyl(2,4,6-pyrimidine trione) and its chromium(III), manganese(II), iron(III), cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II), zinc(II) and cadmium(II) complexes have been prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and electronic and i.r. spectra. Conductivity measurements show the complexes to be non-electrolytes. An octahedral geometry for trivalent ions [iron(III) and chromium(III)] has been proposed, whereas all divalent metal ions, except for copper(II), appear to be tetrahedral. The 10 Dq values suggest that the ligand is as strong as ethylenediamine. The values indicate a considerable orbital overlap in the metal-ligand bond.     

Simultaneous determination of uranium(IV) and iron(II) with a stopped-flow inductive kinetic spectrophotometric method

A kinetic method for simultaneous determination of multielements is proposed, and a procedure for simultaneous determination of uranium(VI) and iron(II) is established based on their inductive effect on the chromium(VI)-iodide redox reaction in weak acidic medium. The reaction was monitored with the stopped-flow spectrophotometric technique by using I ₃ ^– -starch complex as indicator. The calibration graphs are linear for 0–3.6 g.cm^–3 U(IV), and 0–2.5 g.cm^–3 Fe(II), respectively. Most foreign ions, except for V(IV), Sb(III), do not interfere with the determination.     

Polarographische Bestimmung von Chrom(III) nach Extraktion als Chrom(III)-oxinat mit geschmolzenem Oxin

Zusammenfassung Nach Extraktion von Chrom(III)-Lösungen mit geschmolzenem Oxin ist die polarographische Bestimmung nach Nitrierung des gebildeten Chrom(III)-oxinats möglich. Die experimentellen Bedingungen für die Nitrierung und die polarographische Bestimmung von 1–25 g Cr/25 ml werden mitgeteilt. Ein kurzer Vergleich mit der spektralphotometrischen Bestimmung als Chrom(III)-oxinat wird gegeben. Das polarographische Verfahren ist um den Faktor 5–10 empfindlicher. Nur Kobalt stört und muß durch eine vorausgehende Extraktion abgetrennt werden.

---

Polarographic determination of chromium(III) after extraction as chromium(III) oxinate with an oxine melt

Summary After extraction of chromium(III) solutions with molten oxine the polarographic determination is possible by nitration of the Cr(III) oxinate. Experimental conditions for the nitration and for the polarographic determination of 1–25 g Cr/25 ml are described. A short comparison with the spectrophotometric determination as Cr(III) oxinate is also given. The polarographic method is more sensitive by a factor of 5–10. The only interference is caused by cobalt, which must be separated by a preceding extraction.

Die Untersuchungen wurden in dankenswerter Weise durch Mittel der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft und des Verbands der Chemischen Industrie unterstützt.     

Substoichiometric Isotope Dilution Analysis for the Determination of Iron in Biological Materials and Comparison with Substoichiometric Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry

Substoichiometric isotope dilution analysis for the determination of trace iron has been studied by using synergistic extraction of iron(III) with a substoichiometric amount of 4-isopropyltropolone (Hipt) in the presence of an excess of 3,5-dichlorophenol (DCP) in heptane. Optimum conditions for the substoichiometric extraction of iron(III) in g to sub-g levels were examined and the high selectivity for iron(III) toward various metal ions encountered in the analysis of biological materials was confirmed. The present method was applied to a biological reference material (NIES, CRM No.9, sargasso) without any pre-separation and was successfully evaluated. Furthermore, substoichiometric stable isotope dilution mass spectrometry using the present extraction method was also used with the above sample. Applicability and practicability was compared for both substoichiometric methods.     

Simultaneous determination of chromium(VI) and chromium(III) by flame atomic absorption spectrometry with a chelating ion-exchange flow injection system

Summary Simultaneous Determination of Chromium(VI) and Chromium(III) by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry with a Chelating Ion-Exchange Flow Injection System A simple method is described for the simultaneous determination of chromium(VI) and chromium(III) in a flow injection system comprising chelating ion-exchange and flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Sampling rates for 2001 and 1 ml sample volumes were 120 and 60 h^–1 (240 and 120 speciations per hour), respectively. Typical relative standard deviations were 0.52% for Cr(VI) (0.50g ml^–1 and 0.67% for Cr(III) (0.10,g ml^–1) and the corresponding limits of detection were 85 ng ml^–1, and 16 ng ml^–1, respectively.On leave from University of Belgrade.     

Logistic Model of Ligand Selection for Chromium-Plating Electrolytes Based on Cr(III) Complexes

The effect of the ligand nature in chromium(III) complexes on chromium electrodeposition was studied. The predicting logistic model of ligand selection for chromium-plating electrolytes was constructed from experimental data. It was found that high-quality chromium coatings can be deposited from electrolytes of chromium(III) complexes with a ligand having the following acid–basic characteristics in the protonated form: pK ₁ < 4.0 and 4.0 < pK _n < 18.6. The proposed model was verified experimentally and used to prepare a chromium-plating electrolyte based on a chromium(III) malonate complex, which gives high-quality chromium coatings over a wide current density range.     

High performance liquid chromatographic separation and UV determination of cobalt, copper iron and platinum in pharmaceutical preparations using bis(isovalerylacetone)ethylenediimine as complexing reagent

The reagent bis(isovalerylacetone)ethylenediimine(H₂IVA₂en) has been examined for HPLC separation and UV determination of cobalt, copper, iron and platinum using off-line precolumn derivatization and extraction in chloroform. The complexes of cobalt(II), cobalt(III), iron(II), iron(III) and the reagent have been subsequently separated on a Microsorb C-18 column. The complexes were eluted isocratically using ternary mixtures of methanol/water/acetonitrile. Detection was achieved by UV monitoring. Detection limits for Co(II), Co(III), Fe(II) and Fe(III) were 2.5–5.0 ng/injection, based on 0.5–1.0 g/ml with 5 l/injection. The concentration of cobalt(II) and cobalt(III) in aqueous solution have been determined. The presence of oxovanadium(IV), platinum(II), and nickel(II) did not affect the determinations. The HPLC method developed has been applied to the determination of cobalt, copper, iron and platinum in pharmaceutical preparations at the 30 g/g to 15 mg/g level and the obtained results were compared to those of atomic absorption spectrometry.     

Time Positron Diagnostics of Metal β-Diketonates

The effects of the nature of the metal atom and -substituents in aluminum(III), chromium(III), cobalt(III), and iron(III) acetylacetonates on the lifetime and intensity of a long-lived component in positron and positronium annihilation were studied by the method of positron diagnostics. An addition of a positron to the -system of a chelate ring is supposed, which makes it possible to qualitatively estimate the basicities of the complexes. Annihilation of positrons and halogen-containing positronium -diketonates is accompanied by the formation of a protonated complex; for -organylthioacetylacetonates, annihilation follows the inhibition mechanism.     

The spectrophotometric determination of chromium in sea water

The coprecipitation of chromium from sea water by several precipitates was examined. With hydrous iron(III) oxide a recovery of chromium of >99% was obtained within the pH range 7.0–9.0 at a chromium level of ca. 0.4 μg/l. Chromium was separated from iron by anion exchange and determined spectrophotometrically using diphenylcarbazide. The method showed a precision of ±0.02 μg Cr/1. Chromium occurs in sea water in the 3+ oxidation state.     

Spectrofluorimetric flow-injection determination of cerium in carbon and low alloy steels

Cerium can be determined spectrofluorimetrically (_em 350 nm, _ex 260 nm) based on the relatively intense native fluorescence of the cerium(III) aquo-ion. The main potential interference in the analysis of steel from iron(III), cerium(IV) and chromium(VI) are removed by use of a carrier solution containing 2.5% w/v hydroxylammonium chloride. The slight residual interference from iron(II) can be corrected by a matrix matching factor linearly related to the amount of iron present. The calibration graphs are linear over the range 0–7 g ml^–1 based on 250 l injection volumes. The sampling rate was 30 h^–1. The relative standard deviation was 2.0% (n=5) at 3 g ml^–1 cerium. The system has been applied to the determination of cerium in carbon or low alloy steels.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Trace Amounts of Chromium with Citrazinic Acid

A sensitive and selective spectrophotometric method for the determination of trace amounts of chromium(VI) is described, based on diazotization and coupling reactions. Chromium(VI) oxidizes hydroxylamine in acetate buffer of pH 4.0 ± 0.5 to nitrite, which then diazotizes p-aminoacetophenone to form diazonium salt. The diazonium salt is then coupled with a new coupling agent, citrazinic acid in an alkaline medium, which gives an azo dye with an absorption maximum at 470 nm, a molar absorptivity of 2.12 × 10⁴L mol^–1cm^–1, and a Sandell's sensitivity of 0.00246 g/cm². The color is stable for 6 h and the system obeys Beer's law in the range 2–15 g chromium(VI) in a final volume of 10 mL. The detection limit of chromium(VI) is 0.04 g/mL. Chromium(III) can be determined after it is oxidized with bromine water in an alkaline medium to chromium(VI). The developed method has been successfully applied to the analysis of chromium in alloy steels, industrial effluents, and pharmaceutical preparations.     

Prediction and correlations between the stability constants of mono- and polynuclear chromium(III) and iron(III) complexes

Correlations between the experimentally determined stability constants of mono- and polynuclear chromium(III) and iron(III) complexes are discussed. An equation to evaluate the stability constants of mono- and polynuclear chromium(III) complexes is obtained: \(\log \beta [Cr_p^{3 + } (L_i )_{q_i } ] = 0.84\log \beta [Fe_p^{3 + } (L_i )_{q_i } ]\) .     

Indirect spectrophotometric determination of chromium in aqueous samples with a novel chromogen ferene-TM

Summary An analytical procedure for the indirect determination of chromium at theg level in aqueous samples has been developed. It involves the use of a novel chromogen 3-(2-pyridyl)-5,6 bis(5-(2 furyl disulfonic acid))-1,2,4-triazine disodium salt (Ferene-TM), which forms an intensely blue tris chelate with iron(II) that absorbs at 593 nm with a molar absorptivity of 35,500 1 cm^–1 mol^–1. In an acidic system (pH1.0) chromium(VI) is reduced to chromium(III) in the presence of an excess of iron(II), which in turn decreases the absorption of the tris iron(II)-ferene-TM complex. The differential absorption data show a linear relationship for chromium(VI) in 0.01–1.0 ppm range. Many common cations and anions in micro concentration range do not influence the analytical response.

---

Indirekte spektrophotometrische Bestimmung von Chrom in wärigen Lösungen mit dem neuen Farbreagens Ferene-TM

Zusammenfassung Ein Verfahren zur indirekten Bestimmung vong-Mengen Chrom in wäßrigen Proben wurde ausgearbeitet. Es beruht auf der Verwendung eines neuen Farbreagens 3-(2-Pyridyl)-5,6-bis(5-(2-furyldisulfonsäure))-1,2,4-triazin-dinatrium (Ferene-TM). Dieses bildet mit Fe(II) ein intensiv blau gefärbtes Tris-Chelat, das bei 493 nm eine molare Absorptivität von 35500 l· cm^–1·mol^–1 zeigt. Chrom(VI) wird bei pH 1,0 zu Cr(III) in Gegenwart eines Überschusses an Fe(II) reduziert, so daß die Absorption des erwähnten Tris-Chelates herabgesetzt wird. Die Absorptionswerte zeigen für 0,01 bis 1,0 ppm Cr(VI) ein lineares Verhältnis. Viele übliche Kationen und Anionen beeinflussen in Mikromengen das analytische Ergebnis nicht.

     

Novel chromium(III)/(VI) adducts of XPS-determined mixed valence,from electroreduced chromium(VI)

Summary Conditions of chromium(VI) and acidity have been found at which a novel brown deposit from electroreduction. Its 11 chromium(III):chromium(VI) composition, and the 21 ratio of the alkali-leached product, were established by XPS. The composition bounds for electrodeposition of the 11 solid and the competing insulative chromium(III) film were established electrochemically. Earlier reported chromium(III) and chromium(VI) solid or gels, some deposited from alkali, differ in colour and composition properties.     

First Order Derivative Spectrophotometric Determination of Vanadium(V) and Iron(III) Individually and Simultaneously

A novel, sensitive and highly selective first derivative spectrophotometric method is proposed for the determination of vanadium(V) and iron(III) metal ions separately and simultaneously in a mixture. 2-Hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde benzoylhydrazone (OHNABH) reacts with vanadium(V) and iron(III) in sodium acetate–acetic acid buffer medium (pH 5.0) forming yellow and yellowish brown colored soluble complexes, respectively. The first derivative curves of these colored solutions show maximum derivative amplitudes at 465 nm (V(V)) and 540 nm (Fe(III)) obeying Beer's law in the range 0.12–2.50 g ml^–1 and 0.14–4.20 g ml^–1, respectively. Large number of foreign ions do not interfere in the present method. A very simple and accurate simultaneous first derivative method is also reported for the determination of V(V) and Fe(III) in mixtures without solving simultaneous equations. The method is applied for the analysis of various natural samples, food and biological materials.     

A new chelating resin containing azophenolcarboxylate functionality: synthesis, characterization and application to chromium speciation in wastewater

The synthesis of a new stable chelating resin from the polystyrene divinylbenzene copolymer is reported. The polystyrene is first functionalized with a phenolic group and then allowed to couple with diazotized anthranilic acid through the NN bond. The resulting polymer containing azophenolcarboxylate with an ONO chelating environment has been characterized by elemental analysis, hydrogen ion capacity, and water regain value. Its stability towards thermal and different chemical environments has been evaluated. The sorption capacity of the chelating resin for Cr(III) and Cr(VI) as a function of pH has been studied. The interesting point is that chromium(III) is selectively retained at ca. pH 5.0 and chromium(VI) at ca. pH 2.0. When packed in a column, the new material is able to separate Cr(III) from Cr(VI). Five replicate determinations of 10 μg Cr(III) and 10 μg Cr(VI) present in 100 mL solution gave recoveries of 96.9 ± 2.9% (for Cr(III)) and 96.2 ± 2.1% (for Cr(VI)) at the 95% confidence level. Calibration graph was linear over the concentration range of 0-250 μg L⁻¹ of chromium species with correlation coefficient (R) of 0.99994. The detection limits based on 3σ criterion were determined to be 0.6 μg L⁻¹ for Cr(III) and 0.9 μg L⁻¹ for Cr(VI). The developed method was successfully used for the speciation of chromium in wastewater.     

Spectrophotometric determination of chromium(III) with 4-(2-thiazolylazo)-resorcinol

Summary The red complex formed between chromium(III) and 4-(2-thiazolylazo)-resorcinol (1 2) at pH 5.0, on heating the reactants to 90° for 45 minutes, is used for Spectrophotometric determination of chromium, the absorbance being measured at 525 nm. Beer's law is obeyed for chromium concentration of 0.06 to 1.1g per ml. Molar absorptivity is 4.98×10⁴ and Sandell sensitivity 0.001g cm^–2. This method has been applied to the determination of chromium content in steel samples.

---

Zusammenfassung Der 1 2-Komplex von Chrom(III) mit 4-(2-Thiazolylazo)resorcin bildet sich bei pH 5,0 und 90° C in 45 min. Er eignet sich zur spektrophotometrischen Chrombestimmung. Die Extinktion wird bei 525 nm gemessen. Das Beersche Gesetz ist zwischen 0,06 und 1,1g Cr/ml erfüllt. Die molare Extinktion beträgt 4,98 · 10⁴, die Empfindlichkeit nach Sandell 0,0001g · cm^–2. Die Methode wurde zur Chrombestimmung in Stahlproben angewandt.