A new volumetric method for the determination of molybdenum(VI)

Summary A new volumetric method has been developed for the determination of molybdenum(VI). The method consists in the reduction of molybdenum(VI) by heating with a slight excess of hydrazine sulphate in 1 to 2 M hydrochloric acid medium for ten minutes on a water bath. The mixture is cooled and the molybdenum(V) obtained determined by titration with a standard solution of ceric sulphate at an overall acidity of 4 N hydrochloric acid, using diphenyl benzidine as indicator and adding 5 ml of syrupy phosphoric acid for 50 ml of the mixture. Alternately the molybdenum(V) can be titrated with a standard solution of ceric sulphate at an overall acidity of 3 N hydrochloric acid using ferroin as indicator and adding 5 ml of syrupy phosphoric acid for 50 ml of the titration mixture. The molybdenum(V) can also be titrated with a standard solution of sodium vanadate in 8 N sulphuric acid medium, using N-phenyl anthranilic acid as indicator. Alternately, the titration with sodium vanadate can be made with diphenyl benzidine as indicator in 4 N acid medium, adding 5 ml of syrupy phosphoric acid and 1 ml of 1.0 M oxalic acid to catalyse the indicator action. The method now proposed is much more convenient than the methods currently available. It is simple because it does not require any costly chemicals or complicated apparatus. Furthermore, it has the advantages of great rapidity and excellent precision.     

Use of brucine as an oxidation-reduction indicator in cerimetry

Summary Brucine has been found to work satisfactorily as an inside indicator in the titration of molybdenum(V) and hydroquinone with ceric sulphate. It does not give a good indication of the end point in the titration of arsenic(III) in sulphuric acid medium, using osmium tetroxide as a catalyst or in hydrochloric acid medium using iodine monochloride as a catalyst. Brucine cannot also be used in the titration or uranium(IV) with ceric sulphate. A 0.1 per cent solution of brucine in 2 N–3 N acetic acid has been found to be stable for nine months without showing any discoloration.     

Spectrophotometric and volumetric molybdenum determination with 2,2'-biquinoxalyl

Volumetric and spectrophotometric methods for molybdenum determination based on reaction with 2,2'-biquinoxalyl (2,2'-BQx) in concentrated hydrochloric acid media have been developed. Absorption spectra of the 1,1'-dihydro 2,2'-biquinoxalylene complex shows the most intensive absorption band at 685 nm with molar absorptivity = 3.3 x 10(4) 1. mole(-1). cm(-1). The compound is characterized by good durability to high temperatures and concentrated acid media. The mentioned indicator gives distinct colour changes at the titration end-point. The spectrophotometric method for molybdenum determination is based on the use of the difference in absorbance between the oxidized and reduced forms of 2,2'-BQx. The indicator is reduced with Sn(II) and then part of it is reoxided as a result of addition of Mo(VI). The difference in absorbance between the blank determination and molybdenum sample increases linearily in the concentration range 0.2-2.0 mug Mo/cm(3). 2,2'-Biquinoxalyl was used as an indicator in the volumetric method for the determination of molybdenum concentrations in steel alloy. The interfering ions FE(III) and Cr(III) are easily eliminated as the precipitate of hydroxides. The mineral acids, hydrochloric sulphuric and perchloric acids, have been tested as reaction media.     

Separation of molybdenum from interfering elements by extraction as phosphomolybdenum blue

A simple method is described for the separation of molybdenum from titanium, zirconium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, uranium and aluminium in a wide variety of samples in <30 min. Phosphomolybdenum blue is produced by boiling for 2 min a molybdate solution containing phosphate to give Mo/P = 20-37 (w/w) with hydrazine sulphate in 0.1N sulphuric acid. The volume and acidity are adjusted to give a molybdenum concentration of 0.6-5 my/ml in 0.4-0.5N sulphuric acid. The phosphomolybdenum blue is 99.5% extracted with methyl isobutyl ketone in a single extraction. The residual molybdenum and hydrazine in the aqueous phase are oxidized with a few drops of liquid bromine and the molybdenum is quantitatively extracted with the same solvent from 1N sulphuric acid as its reddish brown thiosulphato complex. The molybdenum is stripped by ammonia-hydrogen peroxide solution. The back-extract is heated to boiling and filtered to remove the insoluble hydroxides of traces of accompanying elements. The thiosulphate in the filtrate is destroyed by boiling for 4-5 min with excess of hydrogen peroxide in slightly ammoniacal medium. The molybdenum is determined finally by cerimetry or other standard methods.     

Potentiometric titration of molybdenum(V) with ferric alum

Summary The potentiometric titration of molybdenum(V) with ferric alum has now been investigated. The results show that the potentiometric titration of molybdenum(V) is possible at 98–100 C in a carbon dioxide or other inert gas atmosphere in a medium which is 0.5 to 1.0 N in hydrochloric acid. At higher concentrations of hydrochloric acid, there is no steep jump in potential at the end point. In titrations carried out in 0.5 N hydrochloric acid, the potential jump is about 50 mv per 0.1 ml of 0.05 M ferric alum; when the hydrochloric acid concentration is increased to 1.0 N, the potential jump is about 30 mv per 0.1 ml of 0.05 molar ferric alum solution; in titrations with decinormal solutions of the reactants in 0.5 N hydrochloric acid, the potential jump at end point is about 90 mv per 0.1 ml of iron (III) solutionOne of us, Dr. M. Suryanarayana, desires to thank the Ministry of Education Govt. of India for the award of research scholarship.     

Extraction of molybdenum and technetium with diamides of dipicolinic acid from nitric acid solutions

The concentration of molybdenum(VI) in dissolved spent nuclear fuel is comparable with the concentrations of Tc, and the minor actinides (Np, Am). Therefore it is of great interest to understand its behavior under conditions imposed by separation processes. The simultaneous extraction ability of ortho, meta, and para isomers of N,N′-diethyl-N,N′-ditolyl-dipicolinamide (EtTDPA) for molybdenum and technetium were investigated in a large range of nitric and hydrochloric acid conditions. Molybdenum shows no increase in extraction at higher concentrations of nitric acid giving a solvate number n=0 with all isomers of EtTDPA, while Mo shows great extractability from HCl. Technetium distribution ratios decrease with increasing concentrations of nitrate showing indication of ion exchange occurring between TcO₄ ⁻ and NO₃ ⁻ anions. Et(m)TDPA and Et(p)TDPA show the greatest extractability, with 60% of the total technetium extracted into the organic phase at 1M HNO₃.     

Hexavalent Molybdenum Reduction to Molybdenum Blue by <Emphasis Type="Italic">S. Marcescens</Emphasis> Strain Dr. Y6

A molybdate-reducing bacterium has been locally isolated. The bacterium reduces molybdate or Mo⁶⁺ to molybdenum blue (molybdate oxidation states of between 5+ and 6+). Different carbon sources such as acetate, formate, glycerol, citric acid, lactose, fructose, glucose, mannitol, tartarate, maltose, sucrose, and starch were used at an initial concentration of 0.2% (w/v) in low phosphate media to study their effect on the molybdate reduction efficiency of bacterium. All of the carbon sources supported cellular growth, but only sucrose, maltose, glucose, and glycerol (in decreasing order) supported molybdate reduction after 24 h of incubation. Optimum concentration of sucrose for molybdate reduction is 1.0% (w/v) after 24 h of static incubation. Ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, valine, OH-proline, glutamic acid, and alanine (in the order of decreasing efficiency) supported molybdate reduction with ammonium sulfate giving the highest amount of molybdenum blue after 24 h of incubation at 0.3% (w/v). The optimum molybdate concentration that supports molybdate reduction is between 15 and 25 mM. Molybdate reduction is optimum at 35 °C. Phosphate at concentrations higher than 5 mM strongly inhibits molybdate reduction. The molybdenum blue produced from cellular reduction exhibits a unique absorption spectrum with a maximum peak at 865 nm and a shoulder at 700 nm. The isolate was tentatively identified as Serratia marcescens Strain Dr.Y6 based on carbon utilization profiles using Biolog GN plates and partial 16s rDNA molecular phylogeny.     

钼-水杨基荧光酮-溴化十六烷基三甲基铵显色反应的研究

在0.2-0.8/Ⅳ的盐酸介质中,钼(Ⅵ)与水杨基荧光酮以及溴化十六烷基三甲基铵,可以形成一红色三元络合物。络合物的最大吸收峰位于530纳米,表观摩尔吸光系数ε₅₃₀=1.40×10⁵。钼的浓度为0-8微克/25毫升时,络合物溶液的吸光度遵守比尔定律。三元络合物的组成经测定Mo:SAF:CTMAB=1:2:2。常见金属离子中,除钛与钨(Ⅵ)以外,均不干扰钼的测定。利用本显色反应,曾对多种合金钢中的钼含量进行了测定,取得了较好的效果。     

二-（2-乙基己基）磷酸P204与三烷基叔胺N235协同萃取钼

研究了P204（二-(2-乙基己基)磷酸, HA）和N235（三烷基胺, R3N）二元体系在HCl介质中对金属钼的萃取,结果表明P204和N235混合萃取剂在萃取钼时存在协同效应,并且在N235摩尔分数为0.7时协萃系数为2.24;考察了溶液酸度、P204或N235浓度及温度对萃取钼的影响,确定了协萃络合物为(R3NH)3•HMo8O26•2(HA),并比较了负载前后有机相的红外光谱。     

Extraction of molybdenum(VI) from hydrochloric acid solution by N,N’-carbonyl difatty amides

Hydrofluoric acid has been used as a stripping agent for molybdenum(VI) using a mixture of N,N’-carbonyl difatty amides (CDFAs) synthesized from palm oil as a extractant. The CDFAs was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance technique. In the extraction step, the effects of parameters, such as type of diluent, hydrochloric acid, metal concentration, and temperature, have been studied. The effects of various stripping agents on stripping efficiency have also been investigated. This work presents the development of a low-cost and environmentally friendly extractant to recover molybdenum.     

甲酸在钼青铜修饰铂电极上的催化氧化

应用循环伏安法和双电位阶跃法研究了不同浓度硫酸中钼酸盐在多晶铂电极上的电化学行为 .在硫酸溶液中 ,当电位负向扫描时 ,钼酸盐即于铂电极上还原形成钼青铜 ,吸附在电极表面 ;电位正向扫描时钼青铜将再被氧化 ,氧化机理受硫酸浓度的影响 .铂电极因钼酸盐的还原和钼青铜的氧化而得到修饰 .在硫酸钠溶液中以此修饰的铂电极对甲酸氧化有明显的催化作用 ,其氧化峰电流接近未修饰铂电极上的 2倍 .钼青铜对铂的不完全修饰或过分修饰均会减弱甲酸氧化的催化作用     

The polarograph1c estimation of molybdenum in plant materials

A method has been developed whereby molybdenum is extracted from digests of plant materials by means of a-benzomoxime and chloroform from a medium of 1 % sulphuric acid solution, Following the decomposition of the extract, the molybdenum is estimated polarographically by measuring the catalytic wave in a sulphuric acid-pcrchloratc supporting electrolyte in which the sensitivity is increased tenfold over the normal wave. The method provides a selective, highly sensitive procedure, capable of determining very small quantities of molybdenum.     

Determination of molybdenum in ores, iron and steel by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry after separation by alpha-benzoinoxime extraction or further xanthate extraction

A simple and moderately rapid method for determining 0.001% or more of molybdenum in ores, iron and steel is described. After sample decomposition, molybdenum is separated from the matrix elements, except tungsten, by chloroform extraction of its alpha-benzoinoxime complex from a 1.75 M hydrochloric-0.13 M tartaric acid medium. Depending on the amount of tungsten present, molybdenum, if necessary, is back-extracted into concentrated ammonia solution and subsequently separated from coextracted tungsten by chloroform extraction of its xanthate complex from a 1.5M hydrochloric-0.13M tartaric acid medium. It is ultimately determined by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry, at 313.3 nm, in a 15% v/v hydrochloric acid medium containing 1,000 microg/ml of aluminium as the chloride, after evaporation of either extract to dryness with nitric, perchloric and sulphuric acids and dissolution of the salts in dilute ammonia solution.     

Quinquevalent tungsten as a reducing agent in potentiometric titrations

Qmnquevalcnt tungsten prepared by the electrolytic reduction of tungstate in ION HC1 is sufficiently stable when kept in strong acid solutions under COg to be used as an effective reducing agent in potcntiometric titrations. It can be accurately standardised with dichromate. The formal redox potentials of the $\text{W}{}^{\mathrm{+6}}\text{W}{}^{\mathrm{+5}}$ system as determined at different acidities indicate that quinquevalent tungsten is more reducing than the corresponding molybdenum compound.Quinquevalent tungsten can be applied successfully as a volumetric reagent in the potentiometric titration of ferric iron in 8-ioN HC1 or in a mixture of HCl and H3PO4 0.5.N each and of cupric copper in 8N HCl at 80° C. It can also be applied for the estimation of iodate, provided that the latter is used as the titrant.     

Lewis Acid-Assisted Molybdenum(VI) Complexes with S,N-bidentate Ligands to Reduce Nitrate

Two readily-accessible molybdenum complexes with low sterically hindered S, N-bidentate ligands were designed for the reduction of nitrate to nitrite. The Lewis acid Sc(III) acted as a significant co-catalyst to enhance the catalytic efficiency by activating the N−O bond of nitrate. This study indicates that molybdenum complexes in cooperation with a Lewis acid offer functional Mo-catalyst systems, which present functional artificial models of the natural molybdenum enzymes.     

Disodium-1,8-dihydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-disulphonate (chromotropic salt) as a reagent in inorganic analysis

Summary The compound disodium-1,8-dihydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-disulphonate (sodium salt of chromotropic acid) is employed as a colorimetric reagent for titanium. It is also known to produce coloured complexes with chromium(VI), vanadium and uranium. In the present paper the formation of colour with forty metallic ions has been studied qualitatively, in neutral as well as in alkaline and acidic media. It has been found that the reagent yields coloured complexes with mercury(I), tin(IV), platinum(IV), gold(III), tellurium(VI), molybdenum(VI), iron(III), aluminium(III), chromium(III), and uranyl(II) besides those recorded above.The colour reactions are particularly sensitive to uranyl(II), iron(III), mercury(I), tin(IV), gold(III) und molybdenum(VI).     

Species dependent extraction of 99Mo

The liquid–liquid extraction profile of molybdenum has been studied with di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid from different HCl media. The careful study of extraction profile clearly indicates various species of molybdenum at different acid strengths, which have been interpreted with reference to established data.     

Molybdenum determination in iron matrices by ICP-AES after separation and preconcentration using polyurethane foam

A procedure is proposed for the separation and determination of molybdenum in iron matrices by a batch process. It is based on the solid-phase extraction of the molybdenum(V) ion as thiocyanate complex on polyurethane (PU) foam. The extraction parameters were optimized. Using 0.20 mol L^–1 hydrochloric acid, a thiocyanate concentration of 0.10 mol L^–1, 100 mg of polyurethane foam and shaking time of 10 min, molybdenum (5–400 μg) can be separated and preconcentrated from large amounts of iron (10 mg). Desorption was carried out instantaneously by conc. nitric acid or acetone. Distribution coefficients, sorption capacity of the PU foam and coefficients of variation were also evaluated. The effect of some ions on the separation procedure was assessed. Iron(III) should be reduced to iron(II). The proposed procedure was used to determine molybdenum in standard iron matrices such as steel and pure iron. The achieved results did not show significant differences with certified values.     

Differential pulse polarographic determination of orthophosphate in aqueous media

The determination of orthophosphate in aqueous media by differential pulse polarography is described. It is based on determination of the molybdenum in 12-phosphomolybdic acid. High sensitivity is achieved by measuring the polarographic wave due to the catalytic reduction of perchlorate or nitrate in the presence of molybdenum(VI). The method is suitable for samples as small as 3.5 ml which contain as little as 9 ng of phosphorus per ml. The average relative deviation is 3.0% at the 0.045 mg/l. phosphorus level and 1.6% at the 1.2 mg/l. level. Results for the analysis of EPA quality-control water and real surface-water samples are reported.     

Oligonucleotides and nucleotidylpeptides. XXXII. Synthesis and hydrolytic stability of amino acid derivatives of adenosine 5′-di(tri)phosphates

The synthesis has been effected of the ethyl esters of adenosine-5′-diphospho-(P_β→N)-and adenosine-5′-triphospho(P_γ→N)-alanine. It has been shown that under the conditions of synthesis the serine analogues of ATP and ADP decompose. An investigation of the hydrolytic stability of the compounds synthesized has shown that they are unstable in acid and alkaline media. In an acid medium the phosphoramide bond is cleaved more rapidly than the phosphoric anhydride bond (in the case of the ADP analogue), while in an alkaline medium the ester bond is saponified and the phosphoric anhydride bond is cleaved. The ATP analogue is more labile both in acid and in alkaline media.