Precipitation of zinc ammonium phosphate from homogeneous solution

Urea hydrolysis has been employed to raise the pH for homogeneous precipitation of zinc ammonium phosphate. From 30 to 100 mg of zinc can conveniently be determined by this technique (relative standard deviation 0.2% for 89 mg). The interference of nickel was minimized by using ammonium tartrate as masking agent, but copper could not be effectively masked with the same tartrate. Ammonium tartrate obtained from a different source was found to mask the copper more effectively. Investigations showed that the latter tartrate contained an appreciable amount of ammonium oxalate.     

头发中微量铜和锌的 5-Br-PADAP 分光光度法测定

研究了测定铜和锌时多种掩蔽剂联合掩蔽头发中的干扰离子。测定铜时用六偏磷酸钠和焦磷酸钾联合掩蔽;测锌时用柠檬酸钠、六偏磷酸黄和铜试剂联合掩蔽。在表面活性剂OP存在下,5－Br-PADAP显色,不经分离,直接在水事测定斑秃患者头发中的铜和锌。铜络合物的最高吸收峰在558nm,锌络合物的最高吸收峰在560nm,在25mL溶液中,铜在0－37．5mg/L,锌在0－238mg/L范围内符合beer定律。斑秃患者头发中锌和铜低于正常人。     

Simultaneous determination of multicomponents by flow injection analysis: determination of copper and zinc in serum by using zincon as colouring reagent

A flow injection system is described for the simultaneous determination of copper and zinc with a single detector. Two sample plugs are injected into the same carrier stream sequentially. One is for zinc determination and the other is for the sum of copper and zinc. For zinc determination, copper masking reagent is simultaneously injected into a parallel carrier stream and merged with the sample plug by using the merging zone technique. Zincon is used as the colour reagent for the spectrophotometric determination of copper and zinc. The results for the analysis of serum by the proposed method correspond well with those obtained by an AAS method. The rate of analysis is about 45 samples/hr.     

Simultaneous determination of trace-levels of alloying zinc and copper by semi-mercury-free potentiometric stripping analysis with chemometric data treatment

Assays of copper and zinc in brass samples were performed by semi-mercury free potentiometric stripping analysis (S-MF PSA) using a thin-film mercury covered glassy-carbon working electrode and dissolved oxygen as oxidizing agent during the stripping step. The stripping peak transients were resolved by chemometrics, which enabled simultaneous determination of both the copper and the zinc concentrations, thereby eliminating the conventional necessary pretreatment of the sample solution, such as initial addition of Ga(III) or solvent extraction of copper. The brass samples were diluted by factors in the range 2 · 10⁴– 5 · 10⁵ which resulted in quantification of the copper and of zinc contents comparable to the specified values within 10%. On the basis of the chemometric treatment, an empirical expression is deduced relating the stripping time to the recorded potential.     

Simultaneous determination of trace-levels of alloying zinc and copper by semi-mercury-free potentiometric stripping analysis with chemometric data treatment

Assays of copper and zinc in brass samples were performed by semi-mercury free potentiometric stripping analysis (S-MF PSA) using a thin-film mercury covered glassy-carbon working electrode and dissolved oxygen as oxidizing agent during the stripping step. The stripping peak transients were resolved by chemometrics, which enabled simultaneous determination of both the copper and the zinc concentrations, thereby eliminating the conventional necessary pretreatment of the sample solution, such as initial addition of Ga(III) or solvent extraction of copper. The brass samples were diluted by factors in the range 2 · 10⁴– 5 · 10⁵ which resulted in quantification of the copper and of zinc contents comparable to the specified values within 10%. On the basis of the chemometric treatment, an empirical expression is deduced relating the stripping time to the recorded potential. Received: 23 December 1997 / Revised: 25 February 1998 / Accepted: 28 February 1998     

New masking procedure for selective complexometric determination of copper(II)

A study has been made of a new masking procedure for highly selective complexometric determination of copper(II), based on decomposition of the copper-EDTA complex at pH 5-6. Among the various combinations of masking agents tried, ternary masking mixtures comprising a main complexing agent (thiourea), a reducing agent (ascorbic acid) and an auxiliary complexing agent (thiosemicarbazide or a small amount of 1,10-phenanthroline or 2,2'-dipyridyl) have been found most suitable. An excess of EDTA is added and the surplus EDTA is back-titrated with lead (or zinc) nitrate with Xylenol Orange as indicator (pH 5-6). A masking mixture is then added to decompose the copper-EDTA complex and the liberated EDTA is again back-titrated with lead (or zinc) nitrate. The following cations do not interfere: Ag(+), Hg(2+), Pb(2+), Ni(2+), Bi(3+), As(3+), Al(3+), Sb(3+), Sn(4+), Cd(2+), Co(2+), Cr(3+) and moderate amounts of Fe(3+) and Mn(2+). The notable feature is that consecutive determination of Hg(2+) and Cu(2+) can be conveniently carried out in the presence of other cations.     

EDTA滴定法测定再生锌原料中的锌含量

采用氟化铵-盐酸-硝酸-硫酸分解样品,氨水沉淀分离铁、锰、铅等共存元素,滤液中加入掩蔽剂掩蔽少量干扰元素,在pH=5～6的乙酸-乙酸钠缓冲溶液中,以二甲酚橙为指示剂,用EDTA标准滴定溶液滴定。测得结果为锌、镉合量,扣除镉量,即为锌量。方法用于测定再生锌原料中锌,结果的相对标准偏差(RSD,n=11)为0.15%～1.0%。按照实验方法对再生锌原料样品进行加标回收实验,回收率为99.1%～102%。能满足日常对再生锌原料中锌含量的检测要求。     

The additivity of the absorbance of europium and zinc complexes with xylenol orange and its application in spectrophotometric determination of europium and zinc

It is found experimentally that the absorbance of a mixture of the europium – Xylenol Orange (XO) and zinc — XO complexes in slightly acidic media is equal to the sum of the individual absorbances measured alone, within ±2%. When a mixture of rare earths (instead of europium) is measured together with zinc, the maximum deviation for additivity is within ca. ±3%. On the basis of this additivity of absorbances, a procedure can be devised to determine europium and zinc together spectrophotometrically with XO, and then europium alone after extraction of zinc(II) with trioctylamine / xylene. The interference of aluminium, and copper(II) may be avoided by masking with sulphosalicylic acid and thiourea respectively.     

Selective extraction of zinc dithizonate in the presence of dithiocarbaminoacetic acid as masking agent Quantitative treatment of an extraction equilibrium

Dithiocarbaminoacetic acid (TCA) is proposed as an effective masking agent in the dithizone extraction determination of zinc in the presence of lead, cadmium and cobalt(II). The extraction equilibrium is treated quantitatively by means of two approaches: the "conditional distribution coefficient" and the computer program HAL-TAFALL. Both methods give similar results and enable the most suitable conditions for the separation and determination of zinc in the presence of the other ions to be determined. A successful attempt is made to predict the maximum permissible quantity of interfering elements. The experimental check, performed under various conditions, is in satisfactory agreement with the theory.     

Spectrophotometric determination of zinc with hydrazidazol in the presence of Triton X-100 and its application in metal analysis

A new spectrophotometric method for the determination of zinc is proposed. The chromogenic agent Hydrazidazol forms a 1:1 chelate with zinc in the presence of Triton X-100 in a medium containing 20-40% ethanol. The molar absorptivity and conditional formation constant have been found to be 2.7 x 1O(4) l.mole(-1).cm(-1) (at 640 nm) and 10(5.32) respectively. Beer's law is obeyed for zinc over the range of 0.2-0.8 mug/ml with a standard deviation of 0.024 mug/ml. The method can be applied to the determination of zinc in cadmium metal and its oxide after preconcentration by selective extraction of zinc thiocyanate into ethyl acetate in the presence of EDTA and thiosulphate as masking agents.     

The determination of zinc,copper, lead and manganese in phosphate-containing matrices by coprecipitation on iron(III) hydroxide and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Trace amounts of zinc, copper, lead and manganese (10–75 μg) are coprecipitated on iron(III) hydroxide at pH 8.5 after masking of phosphate by calcium. Reliable results are obtained for mixtures with widely different concentrations. The limit of detection is about 1 μg.     

A rapid spectrophotometric method for determination of zinc in milk

1-(2',3'-Dihydroxypyridyl-4'-azo)benzene-4-sulphonic acid and the corresponding 5'-chloro-substituted acid are proposed as sensitive reagents for zinc. Cyanide masking and selective demasking of zinc can be used to deal with the interference of many metal ions, cadmium can be masked with semithiocarbazide, and thiosulphate can be used for masking Hg(II), Pd(II) and Os(VIII). The molar absorptivities are about 1.3 x 10(5) 1.mole(-1).cm(-1). The method has been used for determinating zinc in milk.     

Rapid and selective chelatometric titration of zinc in non-ferrous alloys

A rapid titrimetric method for the determination of Zn (5%) in zinc, aluminium and copper alloys is proposed. It is based on the chelation of Zn(II) with HEDTA as titrant in an ethanolic aqueous medium. The end-point is detected with hydrazidazol, a new indicator developed in China. Up to at least 6% Mn in the alloy does not interfere. Direct determination of Zn(II) is rendered possible by using a combination of masking agents. A separation is needed only if nickel is also present. A decided advantage of this method is its high selectivity. The standard deviation was found to be 0.07 mg and the coefficient of variation to vary from 0.2 to 0.5%. The method has been successfully used to determine Zn in different kinds of non-ferrous alloys, especially those containing Mn.     

Postprecipitation of zinc with homogeneously precipitated copper sulfide

The postprecipitation of zinc ion onto copper sulfide which has been precipitated from homogeneous solution using thioacetamide has been investigated under various conditions. The zinc carried increases with increasing time, increasing concentration of zinc, increasing digestion temperature, increasing thioacetamide added, and decreasing acid concentration. On the basis of these and several other special observations, it is believed that the postprecipitation is a result of adsorption of bisulfide ion on the surface of the copper sulfide, this adsorbed layer then reacting with the zinc ion.     

Influence of organic matter removal on competitive and noncompetitive adsorption of copper and zinc in acid soils

We studied competitive and noncompetitive adsorption of copper and zinc in four acid soils, and compared the behavior of the two metals in untreated samples and samples treated with hydrogen peroxide to remove organic matter in the soil. Copper exhibited stronger competitive adsorption than zinc in the untreated samples. However, removal of organic matter reduced copper adsorption to a greater extent than zinc adsorption, the two metals exhibiting a more similar adsorption pattern than the untreated samples. The presence of copper dramatically reduced zinc competitive adsorption in untreated samples; on the other hand, that of zinc only resulted in slightly reduced competitive adsorption of copper. The hydrogen peroxide treatment decreased competitive adsorption in both metals; however, copper continued to be more efficient than zinc in competing for binding sites on adsorbing surfaces. Desorption of Cu occurred much less readily than desorption of Zn and hysteresis is apparent especially for Cu.     

Copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes with terpene derivatives of ethylenediamine: unexpected ligand transformations

Crystallization of copper and zinc complexes with imino terpene derivatives of ethylenediamine causes unexpected chemical transformation of the ligand. Copper(II) chloride catalyzes the hydrolysis of the imine and also acts as a halogenating agent. Crystallization of the zinc complex in acetone is accompanied by the condensation of the ketone with the primary amino group of the ligand.     

Use of masking agents in the determination of lead in tap water by flame atomic absorption spectrometry with flow injection pre-concentration

The selectivity of immobilised 8-hydroxyquinoline for lead is shown to be improved by the use of masking agents during pre-concentration, prior to determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Interference by iron, copper, aluminium and zinc is suppressed by including triethanolamine, thiourea, fluoride, acetylacetone or cyanide in the buffer as masking agents. Species such as iron or copper can completely prevent the pre-concentration of lead. This is shown to be overcome by using a buffer consisting of 0.2 M boric acid, 2% triethanolamine, 2% thiourea and 2% acetylacetone, even when the interfering species is in a 200-fold excess over lead. Recoveries from tap water samples, to which various amounts of lead had been added, ranged from 94 to 108%. Results of analyses of tap water samples using this method were in good agreement with those obtained by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry.     

Semi-automatic catalytic titration of metal ion mixtures and its application to metallurgical samples

The semi-automatic catalytic titration of several metal ions and binary mixtures of iron(III) with copper(II), nickel or manganese(II) is described. The 4,4′-dihydroxybenzophenone thiosemicarbazone/hydrogen peroxide system was used in the presence of EDTA or EGTA as inhibitors with copper(II) as catalytic titrant. Two sample aliquots are necessary for the analysis of binary mixtures. In one, both metals are titrated in the presence of EDTA; in the other, only copper, nickel or manganese is titrated with EGTA or EDTA if a masking agent for iron(III) (triethanolamine or fluoride) is added. The iron/metal ratios tolerated range from 1:14 to 13:1 for the 0.2–3.0 μmol range, the relative standard deviation being 1–2%. The method was applied to metallurgical samples with good results.     

Determination of copper and zinc in metallurgical products by automatic derivative spectrophotometric titrations

Direct automatic derivative spectrophotometric titration procedures for copper and zinc in brasses and bronzes are described. Copper reacts with excess iodide and the liberated iodine is automatically titrated with thiosulfate using the UV absorption band of iodine for end-point detection. Total copper and zinc is automatically titrated with EDTA using PAN as indicator, and zinc is found by difference. 'I'he automatic termination of the titrations eliminates the subjective evaluation of the end-points, and the entire procedure is simple, precise and accurate. The total time required for determining copper and zinc in brass or bronze is about twenty minutes.     

A rapid turbidimetric method for the determination of total sulphur in zinc concentrate

A rapid, simple and reliable routine method for the determination of total sulphur in zinc concentrates, roasted products and leached residues from zinc smelters is described. The method involves the fusion of the ample with sodium peroxide and sodium carbonate or routine acid decomposition and dissolution to give soluble compounds. The absorbance of the barium sulphate suspension produced by the addition of barium chloride powder to a dilute hydrochloric acid solution of the sample, containing cetyltrimethylammonium bromide solution as a dispersing agent, is measured at 420 nm. The results obtained for some zinc concentrates and other products are compared with those obtained by the conventional gravimetric barium sulphate method. Results for a reference zinc concentrate and other samples with various matrices and the results obtained with standard additions to the samples are good.