Blister-colorimetric determination of phosphate ions in water,agricultural samples,and biological samples

A procedure was proposed for the determination of phosphate ions in a blister cell (pellet cartridge) with a dry reagent mixture. The procedure is suitable for the quantitative determination of phosphate in different samples using a dry reagent mixture in an ampule or a blister without dissolving the reagents. After an ampule or a blister cell was opened and several drops of a test liquid were added, a color developed, whose intensity was proportional to the concentration of phosphate ions in the solution. The solution was then diluted to 2 mL with water and analyzed by photometry. The composition of the mixture was determined, and the procedure for the quantitative determination of phosphate ions was proposed; the procedure involves the formation and reduction of phosphomolybdic acid and the use of auxiliary reagents. The error of the colorimetric determination of phosphate ions in aqueous solutions, soil extracts, and urine was estimated with the participation of inexperienced operators.     

Estimation of limits of detection and determination in X-ray fluorescence analysis by the dependence of the relative standard deviation on analyte concentration

An experimental dependence of the relative standard deviation on analyte concentration of hyperbolic type, characterizing the precision of quantitative chemical analysis, was used to estimate the limits of detection and determination in the X-ray fluorescence analysis. A method is proposed for the determination of their values using the approximation of the experimental dependence of the relative standard deviation on the analyte concentration by a power function. The choice of the values of the relative standard deviation, being criteria for the estimation of these limits, is substantiated. A concept of the limits of detection and determination of an analytical procedure is formulated, according to which the limit of detection of an analytical procedure is an objective value depending only on the precision of determinations, and the limit of determination of an analytical procedure is a subjective value depending not only on the precision of determinations but also on the requirements to their limiting (admissible) accuracy. The limits of detection and determinations of an analytical procedure found by this approach completely characterize the possibilities of an analytical procedure in determining low concentrations of analytes. The proposed approach can be used for the estimation of the limits of detection and determination of analytical procedures and in other methods of chemical analysis with the hyperbolic dependence of the relative standard deviation on the analyte concentration.     

Flow-injection determination of iodide with a silver electrode

A procedure is developed for the flow-injection determination of iodide using a modified silver electrode; it extends the analytical range of iodide by an order of magnitude as compared to potentiometric determination using an iodide-selective electrode with a polycrystalline membrane. The detection limit is 7 μg/L. The procedure was used to determine iodide in natural mineral waters and model solutions. The throughput was 20–25 samples/h.     

Determination of a platelet activating factor antagonist (CV-3988): methodology and clinical application

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for determination of the platelet activating factor antagonist CV-3988 in human plasma and urine. After development of a column extraction procedure without an internal standard, a more satisfactory organic extraction procedure was set up with amiodarone as internal standard. Linearity of the calibration curves was found in the range 0.0625-10 micrograms/ml CV-3988. Reproducibility was higher than 10% for the column extraction and lower than 10% for the organic extraction procedure. Recovery of CV-3988 from plasma averaged 81.7% for the column procedure and 40% for the organic extraction. Urine samples could be extracted only by the organic extraction procedure. The organic extraction procedure was applied to the determination of CV-3988 in plasma and urine samples after intravenous administration to normal volunteers.     

The Determination of Sodium Monofluoroacetate (Compound 1080) in Formulation and Technical Samples by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

A high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) procedure was developed for the determination of sodium monofluoroacetate (Compound 1080). The procedure utilized an amine (NH₂) bonded column for the reverse phase determination of sodium monofluoroacetate in formulation and technical samples.     

Spectrophotometric determination of osmium with the use of 3-methyl-2,6-dimercapto-1,4-thiopyrone in concentrates and alloys

Taking into account the specific features of the complexation of osmium(VI) and osmium(IV) with 3-methyl-2,6-dimercapto-1,4-thiopyrone without a change in the oxidation number of the given element and properties of complexes formed in aqueous and organic solutions, schemes were proposed for the instrumental (including spectrophotometric) determination of osmium with the preconcentration and separation from concomitant components without distillation of its tetroxide from technological solutions or solutions of an alkalioxidizing sample decomposition. A procedure was proposed for the direct spectrophotometric determination of osmium(VI) in solutions; the accuracy of the procedure was verified with a standard reference sample of a platinum concentrate. The developed procedure was used for the determination of osmium in the flotation slime of ores from Dzhezkazgan deposits and in alloys.     

Determination of vanadium in biological and environmental samples by RNAA with emphasis on quality control

Summary In the present work an improvement of radiochemical neutron activation analysis for determination of nanogram levels of vanadium is described. The method is based on post-irradiation wet ashing and solvent extraction of vanadium with N-benzoyl-N-phenyl-hydroxylamine (BPHA) forming a violet chelate complex in strongly acidic medium. For quality assurance purposes a procedure for determination of the overall chemical yield using spectrophotometry of the V-BPHA complex is described, and possible interferences are evaluated. The procedure was applied to the determination of vanadium in reference materials and selected food samples from Slovenia.     

Spectrophotometric determination of aromatic and heterocyclic amino acids in mixtures

A procedure for the determination of individual aromatic and heterocyclic amino acids in mixtures was developed with the use of the Vierordt method. Amino acids can be simultaneously determined by this procedure in the concentration range (0.4-3.0) x 10^-3 M. The determination errors for binary and ternary mixtures were no greater than 5 and 10%, respectively. The determination error increases with a decrease in the concentration of a particular component and with an increase in the number of components in the test mixture.     

Determination of Selenium in Foodstuffs by Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry at a Mercury–Graphite Electrode

A universal procedure was developed for the voltammetric determination of total selenium in various foodstuffs. The procedure involves the mineralization of a test sample with magnesium nitrate followed by the reduction of selenium(VI) to selenium(IV) in 6 M HCl and the determination of selenium by cathodic square-wave voltammetry at a mercury–graphite electrode in an HCl solution in the presence of copper and mercury ions.     

Determination of phosphate compounds in meat products by 31-Phosphorus Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy with methylenediphosphonic acid after alkaline extraction

Modification of the extraction procedure and application of the ³¹P NMR method for the determination of polyphosphates in meat products were studied. In the elaborated procedure threefold water extraction at alkaline pH (borate buffer and 0.1 M EDTA) was applied. Furthermore, the new external standard for ³¹P NMR determination of phosphates was proposed. Obtained recoveries were between 95 and 99% and variation coefficients (CV) was ≤5%, indicating an increase in accuracy and the precision of the proposed procedure in relation to the spectrophotometric method. The described procedure of sample preparation with ³¹P NMR method was applied for the determination of polyphosphate additives in meat products. The satisfactory precision (CV = 0.39-3.40%) shows the benefit of the NMR method in the routine analysis of the phosphate ions in meat products.     

HPLC Separation of Tautomeric Compounds of 4-Aminoisoxazolyl- 1,2-Naphthoquinone. III

Abstract

This paper reports the development of a simple, precise and specific HPLC procedure for the determination of two new methylated isoxazolylnaphthoquinones with an amine group in the 4-position of the isoxazole ring, which are examples of exocyclic tautomers.

The analytical procedure involved the use of the internal standardization method which was applied for the qualitative and quantitative determination of both compounds using a C-18 Lichrosorb column in an isocratic mode and sulfadiazine as internal standard.     

Arsenic Speciation in Water by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Detection

A procedure was developed for determining arsenite, arsenate, monomethylarsonate, and dimethylarsinite ions in natural waters in concentrations 0.05–0.07 mg/L. The procedure involved separation by high-performance liquid chromatography and off-line determination by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. The procedure was used to study arsenic transformations in the aquatic ecosystem of a tailing pit of an ore-dressing industrial plant.     

Determination of Chloroacetic Acids in Drinking Water by Reaction Gas Chromatography

A procedure was developed for determining chloroacetic acids in drinking water. The procedure is based on solid-phase extraction followed by the conversion of chloroacetic acids to trifluoroacetic esters and their separation and determination by gas–liquid chromatography with an electron capture detector. Esterification conditions were optimized. The procedure was used for analyzing samples of drinking water.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Pyrazidole

A unified procedure was developed for the spectrophotometric determination of pyrazidole in the medicinal substance and in tablets using phenolphthalein or benzoic acid as reference samples. The best conditions for the determination have been found as follows: 0.1 M HCl as a solvent and an analytical wavelength of 276 nm. The scaling factors have been determined. Calibration equations are given. The relative standard deviations of the results obtained with the proposed procedure are less than 0.5% for the substance and 3.3% for tablets.     

Determination of antimony and tin in tin dioxide whiskers by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

A procedure for the determination of antimony and tin in tin dioxide whiskers, which were grown from a gas phase by the vapor-liquid-solid mechanism, was developed. The problem was difficult because the single whiskers are irregularly small in size and have a small weight (about 10^?5 g). The procedure is based on the decomposition of a solid sample by cementation on zinc followed by the determination of analytes with the use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The procedure developed is characterized by the detection limits of antimony of 0.01–0.03 μg/L and an RSD of 10%. An approach was proposed to estimate the antimony content of single whiskers.     

A rapid method of sample preparation for determining arsenic in water by stripping voltammetry

A procedure was developed for sample preparation for the further determination of arsenic in potable and natural water and process solutions by stripping voltammetry (SV). To minimize the losses and simplify the procedure, arsenic(III) was oxidized by the ozonation or UV irradiation of the solution in the presence of sulfite, chloride, or hydroxide ions, which increased the oxidation efficiency. The time required for 100% oxidation does not exceed 60 s for an arsenic concentration of no more than 1 mg/L. The reduction to arsenic(III) was performed photochemically in the presence of sodium sulfite for 5 min. Further stripping voltammetric determination was performed in the same solution using a gold-plated carbon electrode. The developed procedure is rapid, simple, and easy-to-automate.     

Determination of one compound in the presence of a single interference. Linear absorbances method

Summary The paper exposes the theoretical and experimental principles of an analytical procedure for the determination of one compound in the presence of another with an overlapping absorption spectrum, without the need to use any standard solutions of the latter. The proposed method was applied to the determination of binary mixtures of known composition in order to assess its accuracy and precision.     

Determination of Mercury(II) with Dithizone by Diffuse Reflectance Spectrometry on a Fibrous Anion Exchanger

The possibility of the determination of mercury(II) with dithizone on the solid phase of a fibrous ion-exchange material filled with the AV-17 anion exchanger was studied. Mercury is adsorbed as an anionic complex. The sorption of mercury as chloride, iodide, sulfate, thiosulfate, nitrate, and EDTA complexes was studied. A procedure was proposed for the sorption–spectrometric determination of mercury with dithizone on a solid phase after sorption as the chloride complex. For improving the selectivity of the method, EDTA is added to the solution. The determination is affected only by Pd(II). The time of analysis is 15 min. The procedure was tested in the analysis of tap and river water and a solution modeling natural water.     

Synthesis of a new solid-phase extractor and its application to preconcentration and determination of lead in water samples

A procedure for preconcentration and determination of lead in water is described. The method is based on the sorption of Pb(II) in a minicolumn packed with a functionalized sorbent and subsequent elution with acidic solution. The determination of lead content in the eluate was carried out using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The sorbent was prepared by immobilization of the ligand 4-(5'-bromo-2'-thiazolylazo)orcinol on polystyrene-divinylbenzene through an azo spacer. Diazotization and coupling reactions were used for synthesis of the sorbent. Some variables affecting the preconcentration were optimized using a full factorial design. Under optimized conditions, the method presented a detection limit of 0.5 microg/L and enrichment factor of 36 for a sample volume of 25 mL. The accuracy of the method was tested by the determination of lead in a standard reference material (National Institute of Standards and Technology 1643d Fresh Water). The proposed procedure was applied to the determination of lead in samples of natural and drinking waters.     

Determination of methylcyclopentadienylmanganesetricarbonyl by gas chromatography—atomic absorption spectrometry at ng m-3 levels in air samples

A procedure is given for the determination of methylcyclopentadienylmanganese tricarbonyl (MMT) at ng m^-3 concentrations in air. The method involves trapping of MMT in a small segment of gas chromatographic column and then determination by gas chromatography with an electrothermal atomic absorption detector. The detection limit of the procedure is 0.05 ng m^-3. Air samples from an underground car-park (when MMT was detected) were found to contain between 0.1 and 0.3 ng m^-3 MMT. MMT was not detected in any of the street air samples taken.