The micro volumetric determination of uranium with application to bismuth base alloy analysis

The macro volumetric method for the determination of uranium by titration against standard ceric sulphate after reduction on a lead column has been successfully applied on the micro scale Microgram amounts of uranium can be determined by this method, the lowest amount determinable being about 1 microgram. The procedure is accurate to within ±1% at the 100 μg level of uranium Although bismuth and iron cause difficulty, there is no interference from zirconium or thorium.This method for uranium has been applied to the analysis of bismuth base alloys containing uranium in concentrations from 0.005 to 0.1% by weight.     

Analysis of bismuth base alloys : Ternary alloys containing uranium and neodymium or praseodymium

Procedures are described for the analysis of bismuth base alloys containing 0.2–5% of uranium and 0.2–5% of neodymium or praseodymium. Bismuth is first separated from a solution of the alloy in N nitric acid by extraction with diethylammonium diethyldithiocarbamate in chloroform, followed by the separation of uranium with the same reagent from an acetate buffered solution of pH 5.5–6.0. The uranium determination is completed by measuring the absorbancy of its diethyldithiocarbamate complex in chloroform. The neodymium or praseodymium is determined by titration with EDTA of the aqueous solution remaining after the separation of bismuth and uranium, using xylenol orange indicator in solutions of pH 5.6–5.8 EDTA is also used to determine the bismuth by direct titration of a separate aliquot of the sample solutions.     

Ion exchange separation in the analysis of bismuth base alloys : Part II. Ternary alloys containing uranium and thorium

Procedures are described for the analysis of bismuth base alloys containing uranium and thorium in the range from 0.1 to 10%. The thorium is first separated by the passage of a solution of the sample in 5M hydrochloric acid through a column of Deacidite FF in the chloride form. For thorium contents greater than about 1%, the determination is completed volumetrically with EDTA using pyrocatechol violet as the indicator. Smaller amounts are determined absorptiometrically by the thoronol method. Uranium is recovered from the ion-exchange column in a quantity of 0.2M hydrochloric acid, bismuth still being retained by the column under these conditions. Uranium contents greater than about 1% are determined volumetrically after reduction to the tetravalent state with a lead reductor, whilst smaller amounts are determined polarographically using a tartrate base solution.     

光度络合滴定(Ⅰ)——微量铁(Ⅲ)的滴定

本文提出在pH=0.8和波长540nm,以二甲酚橙作指示剂,用铋盐作回滴剂光度滴定3-100微克铁。本法选择性很高,大量铝、钛(Ⅳ)、铬(Ⅲ)、铜、铅、锌、镉、锰、镧、铈(Ⅲ)、钨(Ⅶ)、钼(Ⅵ)、钒(Ⅴ)、砷(Ⅲ)、镁、钙、银以及适量的汞、钍、锑(Ⅲ)、镍、氟离子、氯离子和磷酸根等不干扰,应用适当的隐蔽剂,400倍于铁的铝以及适量的钍、锆和锡也不干扰。应用本法,不必分离便可滴定石英石、石英砂、铝合金、纯铝以及水样中的铁。     

A titrimetric method for the sequential determination of thorium and uranium

A method for the sequential determination of thorium and uranium has been developed. In the sample solution containing thorium and uranium, thorium is first determined by complexometric titration with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and then in the same solution uranium is determined by redox titration employing potentiometry. As EDTA interferes in uranium determination giving positive bias, it is destroyed by fuming with HClO₄ prior to the determination of uranium. A precision and accuracy of better than ±0.15% is obtained for thorium at 10mg level and uranium ranging from 5 mg to 20 mg in the aliquot.     

Rapid titrimetric determination of microgram amounts of fluoride ion with spadns -thorium lake

A rapid titrimetric method has been developed for the determination of microgram amounts of fluoride ion in the range from Img-Ioomg, in 50 ml final volume. It involves the adjustment of pH, addition of 1 ml of 0.02% SPADNS indicator, dilution to volume and titration with standard 0.004M Th(NO₃)₄ until the colour obtained matches a blank containing the buffered solution of the indicator with a. trace of thorium nitrate solution. Interference by various ions was also studied. The method described for the determination of fluoride ion is very rapid and the colour change at the end point being sharp, the detection of the end point is very easy. The method is applicable to pure solutions of fluondes.     

Rapid titrimetric determination of thorium with fluoride using SPADNS

Summary A rapid titrimetric method for the estimation of thorium in the range from 5 to 88 mg. in a 50 ml. of final volume has been developed which involves the adjustment of P_h at 3.0, addition of 2 ml. of 0.02% SPADNS indicator, dilution to volume and titration with standard NaF until the colour obtained matches a blank containing the buffered solution of the indicator alone. The method has been standardised against known amounts of thorium and a calibration curve relating the titre of the fluoride solution to thorium content has been prepared. Interferences of various cations and anions have also been studied. From the results, the quantitative nature of zirconium interference has been confirmed. The method for the determination of thorium is very rapid and the colour change being sharp from blue-violet to scarlet-red, the detection of endpoint is not at all difficult.The author wishes to thank Dr. A. K. Ghosal, Principal, Darjeeling Government College, for providing Laboratory facilities and Prof. P. Ray and Dr. A. K. Mukherjee of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta for their encouragement in the research work.     

A highly selective procedure for the spectrophotometric determination of aluminium with 8-hydroxy-quinoline and its application to the determination of

Aluminium, hydroxyquinolate can be quantitatively extracted by chloroform from an ammoniacal solution containing hydroxyquinoline, complexone and cyanide. Likewise extracted are titanium, vanadium, tantalum, niobium, uranium, zirconium, gallium, antimony, bismuth, indium and traces of beryllium. Aluminium can be separated from the first five elements by an extraction in ammoniacal solution containing hydrogen peroxide.Zirconium, gallium, bismuth and antimony can be eliminated by a cupferron extraction and indium by extraction with diethyldithiocarbamate. Beryllium is eliminated by performing an extraction with hydroxyquinoline at pH 5. The proposed method enables a practically specific photometrical determination of aluminium. Applications are given of the determination of trace and higher amounts of aluminium in steels, non-ferrous alloys and in glass.     

Rapid chelatometric determination of bismuth, titanium and aluminium using Semi-Xylenol Orange with visual end-point indication

A rapid and simple general complexometric method was presented for the determination of bismuth, titanium and aluminium in laboratory synthesized alloys similar to those of some bauxites, clay, ilmenite, Portland cements and ceramic products. The precision and accuracy attainable in successive titrations of Bi(3+), Ti(4+) and Al(3+) with 0.01 and/or 0.001M solutions of disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (Na(2)EDTA) and standard ZnCl(2) of the same concentration, using Semi-Xylenol Orange (SXO) as a metallochromic indicator with visual end-point indication were studied. For one aliquot Bi(3+) was at first directly titrated at pH 1-2 (HNO(3)) with Na(2)EDTA using SXO as indicator in the presence of L-ascorbic acid to reduce Fe(3+) to Fe(2+). At the bismuth end-point, an excess of Na(2)EDTA was added, the pH was adjusted with hexamine buffer (pH 5) and the excess of Na(2)EDTA was back-titrated with solution of standard zinc(II) chloride for both the simultaneous and consecutive titrations in the presence of (SXO) as indicator. For the simultaneous titration, fluoride was added to release the Na(2)EDTA combined with both Al(3+) and Ti(4+). For the consecutive titration, phosphate was added to release the Na(2)EDTA combined with Ti(4+) and then fluoride to release the Na(2)EDTA combined with Al(3+). The interference of various anions and cations in the determination of Bi(3+), Ti(4+) and Al(3+) was studied. A comparison of the accuracy of both the simultaneous and consecutive titration was also carried out. The proposed methods were applied successfully to some real samples of bauxites, clay, ilmenite, Portland cements and ceramic products and the results were satisfactory.     

Separation of bismuth from lead, copper and other elements by means of anion exchange

The anion-exchange behaviour of bismuth and various other elements has been investigated in media consisting of methyl glycol and nitric acid. Through the determination of the distribution coefficients in such mixtures, a method for the anion-exchange separation of bismuth from many metal ions has been developed. A mixture of 90% methyl glycol and 10% 5M nitric acid is a suitable medium for this separation on the strongly-basic anion exchanger Dowex 1, X8. Only bismuth, thorium and lanthanum are strongly retained on the resin in these conditions. All other elements investigated, such as lead, copper, iron, etc., are either only weakly adsorbed or are not absorbed. By means of this ion-exchange procedure, a series of analyses of copper-base alloys for bismuth has been carried out. The results show that this method can be used successfully for the quantitative isolation of bismuth from such materials. The final determination of bismuth in the eluates is performed by complexometric titration.     

Etude de l'action de l'ion fluor sur la laquethorium-spadns

The reaction of fluoride with thorium—SPADNS lake was studied in detail with particular reference to the effects of pH and media. Two methods for the determination of microgram amounts of fluoride based on the reaction are described. The spectrophotometric method developed is more suitable for routine use, but the colorimetric titration method is less sensitive to the effect of large amounts of electrolyte.     

Chelatometric titration of bismuth with hedta

A new chelatometric method for the determination of Bi in bismuth-base alloys, low-melting alloys and reagent-grade bismuth salts is proposed. It is based on the chelation of Bi(III) with HEDTA, which is added in substoichiometric amount in perchloric acid medium to eliminate the interfering side-reactions of olation and oxolation, followed by pH adjustment and titration at pH 2 with Semi-Xylenol Orange as indicator. It is more selective than the classical EDTA method, and the accuracy and precision are enhanced. The coefficient of variation was found to be ˜ 0.1%.     

Extraction and separation of bismuth(III)

Separation of bismuth from beryllium, lead, iron(III), indium, scandium, lanthanum, antimony(III), zirconium, titanium, thorium, vanadium(V), molybdenum(VI), uranium (VI) and chromium(VI) is achieved by selective extraction of bismuth from 0.1M sodium salicylate solution (adjusted to pH 7) into mesityl oxide (MeO). The extracted species is Bi (HOC(6)H(4)COO)(3).3MeO. The results are accurate within +/- 0.5%, with a standard deviation of 0.8%. The separation and determination of bismuth takes only 15 min.     

Anion exchange separation of uranium, thorium and bismuth

Summary A method for the anion exchange separation of uranium, thorium and bismuth is described, using the strongly basic anion exchanger Dowex 1 X8. These three elements are simultaneously adsorbed on the resin (nitrate form) from a solution consisting of 96% n propanol and 4% 5 n nitric acid. The separation of thorium and bismuth from uranium is effected by washing the column with a mixture consisting of 80% methanol and 20% 5n nitric acid (elution of uranium). To separate thorium from bismuth the resin is then treated with a solution consisting of 80% methanol and 20% 6n hydrochloric acid whereby the thorium is eluted. Finally the bismuth is removed by washing the column with 1 n nitric acid. The experimental conditions for this separation scheme have been selected after the determination of the distribution coefficients of uranium, thorium, and bismuth in different mixtures of aliphatic alcohols with nitric and hydrochloric acid.

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Zusammenfassung Zur Trennung von Uran, Thorium und Wismut wird der stark basische Anionenaustauscher Dowex 1X8 verwendet. Aus einem Lösungsmittelgemisch von 96% n-Propanol und 4% 5n Salpetersäure werden die drei Elemente zusammen an dem Austauscher (Nitratform) adsorbiert. Mit einer Mischung von 80% Methanol und 20% 5n Salpetersäure wird sodann das Uran eluiert. Thorium wird mit einem Gemisch von 80% Methanol und 20% 6n Salzsäure ausgewaschen und schließlich wird mit 1 n Salpetersäure das Wismut von der Säule entfernt. Die Verteilungskoeffizienten der drei Metalle wurden in verschiedenen Gemischen von aliphatischen Alkoholen und Salz- sowie Salpetersäure bestimmt.

     

Determination of cerium in ferrous alloys

A method for the determination of cerium in ferrous alloys is described. Cerium (with lead and bismuth) is separated from other elements by anion exchange in a medium consisting of 95% methanol and 5% 5 N nitric acid; cerium alone is tlien eluted with 90% methanol-10% 6 N hydrochloric acid and determined in the eluate by titration with EDTA to xylenol orange indicator. Application of the method to several steel samples was successful.     

Spectrophotometric determination of niobium in zirconium with 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol

The direct spectrophotometric determination of niobium in zirconium alloys with 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol is described. Samples are dissolved in hydrofluoricsulphuric acid mixture and the colour developed without the removal of fluoride. In the presence of EDTA only Co²⁺, Ta⁵⁺ and V⁵⁺ cause serious interference. The molar absorptivity is 3.67 .10⁴ in the presence of 1 /smg of zirconium, and Beer's law is obeyed up to 1.0μg Nb/ml. The method can be applied to zirconium alloys containing as little as 0.005% niobium.     

Neutron activation analysis of microgram amounts of thorium in uranium ores and process liquors by means of thorium-233

A method is described for neutron activation analysis of thorium by employing thorium-233. Decontamination steps include anion exchange in 12.5 N HCL, precipitation of fluoride, extraction with mesityl oxide and thorium oxalate precipitation. The time spent is less than 1 h; spurious activities in counting samples amount only to 2% and can easily be corrected for. The sensitivity of the method is ca. 0.02 μg of thorium in a neutron flux of 10¹²n/cm²/sec with an irradiation time of 5 min.     

Ion exchange separations in the analysis of bismuth base alloys : Binary alloys with uranium and thorium

Procedures are described for the determination of uranium (0.001–10%) and thorium (0.05–10%) in binary mixtures with bismuth. A preliminary separation of the bismuth is effected by the passage of a hydrochloric acid solution of the sample through a column of Deacidite FF For thorium contents greater than 1%, the determination is completed volumetrically with EDTA using pyrocatechol violet as indicator, smaller amounts are determined absorptiometrically with thoronol Similarly the higher uranium contents are determined volumetrically after reduction to the tetravalent state with a lead reductor, and an absorptiometric method based on the coloured complex formed by tetravalent uranium with thoronol is used for the smaller amounts.     

A titrimetric method for the sequential determination of thorium and plutonium

A method for the sequential determination of thorium and plutonium has been developed. In the sample solution containing thorium and plutonium, thorium is first determined by complexometric titration with EDTA and then in the same solution plutonium is determined by redox titration employing potentiometry. Prior to the determination of plutonium, EDTA is destroyed by fuming with concentrated HClO₄. Thorium is determined at 10 mg level and plutonium at 1 mg level with precision and accuracy of better than ±0.5%.     

Determination of bismuth in nickel-base alloys by atomic absorption spectrometry with introduction of solid samples into an induction furnace

Atomic absorption spectrometry with an induction furnace is applicable'to the determination of bismuth at 0.02–10 μg g^-1 levels in 1–30-mg samples of nickel-base alloys dropped into the furnace. Calibration graphs of peak absorbance versus mass of bismuth are constructed by use of standardised alloys. Samples of alloys can be added to the furnace at 2.5-min intervals. Calibration graphs, accuracy, precision and limits of detection of the method are discussed for 26 alloys. Accuracy is assessed by comparing the induction furnace results with results supplied with the alloys, and with results obtained for solutions of the alloys by atomic absorption spectrometry in association with hydride generation or a mini-Massmann furnace. With alloys containing more than 0.1 μg Bi g^-1, relative standard deviations by the induction furnace method are usually < 15%. The limit of detection for bismuth is 0.02 μg g^-1