Continuous addition of reagent technique: a new approach to differential reaction-rate methods

The potential of the continuous addition of reagent technique in differential reaction-rate methods was evaluated. The approach was tested on the simultaneous determination of copper and iron through their fast complex-formation reaction with pyridoxal thiosemicarbazone. Mixtures of these metal ions at the sub-μg ml^?1 level with copper/iron ratios from 5:1 to 1:2 can be analysed with a precision (relative standard deviation) of 0.25 and 0.45%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to the determination of both metals in serum samples with a purpose-designed reaction mini-chamber.     

Chemical analysis of mixtures of some heavy metals by means of differential reaction rates of ligand substitution reactions

The simultaneous determination of some heavy metals in their mixtures is described. The method is based on the differential reaction rate of ligand substitution reactions involving ethyleneglycol bis(2-aminoethylether)N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) and 4-(2-pyridylazo)-resorcinol (PAR). Various combinations at the 10^-6M level of heavy metal ions such as manganese(II), iron(III), cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II), zinc(II), cadmium(II), mercury(II) and lead(II) can be determined photometrically.     

Simultaneous determination of iron(III) and vanadium(V) with N-phenylcinnamohydroxamic acid and thiocyanate by extraction-spectrophotometry

N-Phenylcinnarnohydroxamic acid (PCHA) reacts with iron(III) and vanadium(V) in the presence of thiocyanate to form water-insoluble orange and green complexes, respectively. The iron(III)-PCHA and vanadium(V)-PCHA-thiocyanate complexes can be quantitatively extracted into toluene and other common organic solvents at pH 1.5–2.0. The absorption spectra and composition of both complexes are described. The effects of foreign ions and of experimental variables on the extraction and determination of the two metal ions are studied. A simple, selective method is described for the simultaneous determination of iron(III) and vanadium(V) by extraction-spectrophotometry; absorbances are measured at 440 and 580 nm. Mixtures can be determined over the range 10^?4–10^?5 M in each metal. The method was applied successfully to the analysis of standard steels for iron and vanadium.     

Preconcentration of metal ions on aluminum oxide modified with tiron

It is found that iron(III), titanium(IV), vanadium(V), copper(II), lead(II), and zinc(II) ions are adsorbed on aluminum oxide modified with Tiron. The adsorption of iron(III) is accompanied by the violet coloration of the adsorbent (560 nm), which indicates the formation of a 1: 2 complex on the adsorbent surface; copper forms a 1: 1 yellowish green complex (430 nm). The group preconcentration of metal ions on this adsorbent in a dynamic mode is possible; the preconcentration rate is 2.5 × 10³. The method for the determination of metal ions is proposed based on the adsorption recovery of the elements followed by the direct determination by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy on the adsorbent surface.     

Kinetic determination of traces of manganese(II) by its catalytic effect on the oxidation of acid blue 45 with hydrogen peroxide

A catalytic method is described for the determination of trace amounts of manganese(II) based on its catalytic effect on the hydrogen peroxide oxidation of an anthraquinone dye, Acid blue 45 (C.I. 63010). The reaction is followed spectrophotometrically by measuring the rate of change in absorbance of the dye at 595 nm. The calibration graph (rate constant (tg α) vs. manganese concentration) is linear in the range 4–25 ng Mn ml^?1, the relative standard deviation being 1.9% at the 13 ng Mn ml^?1 level. There are few interferences. The kinetic parameters of the reaction were investigated and the role of hydrogen peroxide and hydrogencarbonate ions is discussed.     

Isophthaldihydroxamic acid as analytical reagent: Spectrophotometric determination of manganese

The reactivity of isophthaldihydroxamic acid against inorganic ions is established. The spectrophotometric study of its reaction with Mn(II) shows that a complex of stoichiometry 1:2 (Mn:L) is formed (? = 3760 liters · mol^?1 · cm^?1 at 490 nm). A spectrophotometric method is developed for the determination of manganese in the range 3–9 ppm.     

Analytical Utility of the Unique Colour Reaction Between Uranyl Ions and Alizarin Fluorine Blue

Abstract

The uranyl-alizarin fluorine blue chelate complex shows an absorption peak at 560 nm, 30 nm higher than that of any other single metal complex of the reagent. The complex shows, at pH 4.5, a conditional stability constant of 2.3 × 10⁶ litres mole^?1 and molar absorptivity of 4100 litres mole^?1 cm^?1. Study of the feasibility of using this reaction for the photometric determination of Uo₂ ⁺² in both one and two liquid phase systems reveals serious interference from other metal ions.     

Polarography of some sulphur-containing compounds: Part XIV.Anodic waves of ethylene-1,2-bisdithiocarbamate and reactions with heavy metals

The presence of two 2-electron anodic steps on polarographic curves of ethylene-1,2-bisdithiocarbamates together with the shifts of the half-wave potentials with pH and the adsorption phenomena, indicate a simultaneous reaction of both dithiocarbamate groupings at the electrode surface. In the homogeneous alkaline solutions, cadmium(II), copper(II) and lead(II) ions form an intermediate 1:1 compound with ethylene-1,2-bisdithiocarbamate in which only one dithiocarbamate group reacts. A 1 M sodium hydroxide solution is most suitable for the determination of the ethylene 1, 2-bisdithiocarbamate anion liberated from zinc or manganese derivatives in the analysis of pesticides ZINEB and MANEB. Waves of disodium ethylene-bisdithio-carbamates (NABAM) allow 1 · 10^-5M solutions to be analysed.     

A photo-oxidation procedure using UV radiation/H2O2 for decomposition of wine samples — Determination of iron and manganese content by flame atomic absorption spectrometry

This paper proposes the use of photo-oxidation with UV radiation/H₂O₂ as sample pretreatment for the determination of iron and manganese in wines by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The optimization involved the study of the following variables: pH and concentration of buffer solution, concentrated hydrogen peroxide volume and irradiation time. The evaluation of sample degradation was monitored by measuring the absorbance at the maximum wavelength of red wine (530 nm). Using the experimental conditions established during the optimization (irradiation time of 30 min, oxidant volume of 2.5 mL, pH 10, and a buffer concentration of 0.15 mol L^− 1), this procedure allows the determination of iron and manganese with limits of detection of 30 and 22 μg L^− 1, respectively, for a 5 mL volume of digested sample. The precision levels, expressed as relative standard deviation (RSD), were 2.8% and 0.65% for iron and 2.7% and 0.54% for manganese for concentrations of 0.5 and 2.0 mg L^− 1, respectively. Addition/recovery tests for evaluation of the accuracy were in the ranges of 90%–111% and 95%–107% for iron and manganese, respectively. This digestion procedure has been applied for the determination of iron and manganese in six wine samples. The concentrations varied from 1.58 to 2.77 mg L^− 1 for iron and from 1.30 to 1.91 mg L^− 1 for manganese. The results were compared with those obtained by an acid digestion procedure and determination of the elements by FAAS. There was no significant difference between the results obtained by the two methods based on a paired t-test (at 95% confidence level).     

Liquid-liquid extraction of iron(III) and gallium(III) with macrocyclic Schiff bases containing bisphenol A subunits

The quantitative extraction of iron(III) and gallium(III) was investigated with the recently synthesized macrocyclic Schiff base containing bisphenol A subunits. The phenol groups in the Schiff base moiety led to a large increase in the percent extraction of trivalent metal ions. The substitution of methoxy groups for phenolic OH ligands resulted in a marked decrease in the extractability of metal ions, and no iron(III) was extracted. The corresponding acyclic Schiff base was found to have a reasonable reactivity toward metal ions and a better solubility in organic solvents. The iron(III) and gallium(III) complexes with macrocyclic and acyclic Schiff bases were quantitatively extracted into nitrobenzene without the presence of bulky counter anions. A single extraction gave a good separation of iron(III) from iron(II) in the mole ratios 4:1 to 1:3. The red iron(III) complexes can be used for the extraction-spectrophotometric determination of iron(III). The apparent molar absorptivity at 518 nm is 5.43 × 10³lmol⁻¹ cm⁻¹.     

Simultaneous determination of iron and copper ions by low-injection analysis with a multichannel photodiode-array detector

Iron(II) and copper(II) ions are determined simultaneously in a simple manifold by using a multichannel photodiode-array detector. 1-(2-Pyridlazo)-2-hydroxy-7-sulfonaphthalene (PAN-7S) is used as the sole chromogenic reagent. The absorbance at 550 nm is related to the PAN-7S chelates of iron(II) and copper(II)and that at 764 nm to the iron(II) chelate alone. Calibrations are linear over the range 0–8.0 x 10^?6 M for each metal. Interference from zinc is avoided by addition of nitrilotriacetic acid; nickel interferes. Appliation to the determination of iron and copper ions in blood serum is discussed.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Diphenadione Via its Metal Complexes

Abstract

Spectrophotometric procedure is described for the quantitative determination of diphenadione [2-(diphenylacetyl)-1,3-indandione], based on direct spectrophotometric measurements of the absorbances of its iron (III), iron (II) and cobalt (II), metal complexes at 488 nm, 505 nm and (334 nm, 372 nm), respectively. The drug reacts with metals in the ratio of 3:1 and 2:1 for iron (III) and for both iron (II) and cobalt (II) respectively. The obtained complexes have apparent molar absorptivities of 1.48 × 10³ 1 mol^?1 cm^?1, 0.714 × 10³ 1 mol^?1cm^?1 and (1.70 × 10³ 1 mol^?1cm^?1, 1.93 × 10³ 1 mol^?1cm^?1) for iron (III), iron (II) and cobalt (II) complexes, respectively. The procedure is suggested for the determination of 51–400 μg.ml^?1 diphenadione via the iron (II) complex and 35–170 μg.ml^?1 diphenadione via both cobalt (II) and iron (III) complexes. The suggested procedure has accuracies of 99.79 ± 0.67%, 99.64 ± 0.37% and (100.09 ± 0.53%, 99.99 ± 0.42%) for the metal complexes of iron (III), iron (II) and cobalt (II), respectively.     

Application of Multivariate Calibration Methods for the Simultaneous Multiwavelength Spectrophotometric Determination of Fe(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), and Mn(II) in Mixtures

Abstract

A sensitive method for the simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of Fe(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), and Mn(II) in mixtures has been developed with the aid of multivariate calibration methods, such as classical least squares (CLS), principal component regression (PCR) and partial least squares (PLS). The method is based on the spectral differences of the analytes in their complexation reaction with 4‐(2‐pyridylazo)‐resorcinol (PAR) and the use of full spectra with wavelengths in the range of 300–600 nm. It was found that both the spectral positive and negative bands obtained against the PAR blank, are proportional to the concentration for each metal complex. The obtained linear calibration concentration ranges are 0.025–0.6, 0.05–0.8, 0.025–0.8, and 0.05–0.8 µg ml^?1 for Fe(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), and Mn(II), respectively, and the LODs for the four metal ions were found to be approximately 1–3×10^?2 µg ml^?1. The proposed method was applied to a verification set of synthetic mixtures of these four metal ions, with models built in three different wavelength ranges, i.e., 300–450, 450–600, and 300–600 nm, corresponding to the positive, negative bands and their combinations, respectively. It was shown that the PLS model for the 300–600 nm range gave the best results (RPE_T=6.9% and average recovery ～100%; cf. PCR: RPE_T=9.5% and average Recovery ～110%). This method was also successfully applied for the determination of the four metal ions in pharmaceutical preparations, chicken feedstuff, and water samples.     

Novel catalytic oxidative coupling reaction of N,N-dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine with 1,3-phenylenediamine and its applications to the determination of copper and iron at trace levels by flow injection technique

A new catalytic oxidative coupling reaction of N,N-dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine (DPD) with 1,3-phenylenediamine (mPD) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide has been developed for trace metals analysis. The rate of the oxidation/coupling reaction can be enhanced significantly by iron, copper and cobalt. These metal ions can catalyze the oxidation reaction of DPD to form an oxidized product; the oxidized DPD was then coupled with mPD to give a blue-colored product which was measured spectrophotometrically at 650 nm. On the basis of such a reaction scheme, two simple flow injection analysis methods for the determination of copper and iron have been developed. Detailed studies on chemical and FIA variables affecting the sensitivity of the detection were carried out. Interferences from several ionic species were examined for the determination of copper: the interference effect by Fe(III) and Fe(II) up to 1.5 mg L⁻¹ was successfully suppressed by pretreating sample with ammonium acetate buffer solution (pH 8.4). Good linearity of a standard calibration graph was obtained over the ranges of 0-8 and 0-2 μg L⁻¹ of copper and iron, respectively, and the detection limits were 0.05 and 0.02 μg L⁻¹ for copper and iron, respectively. The precision of the methods in terms of relative standard deviation were 1.4 and 1.5% of R.S.D. which were obtained from 10 injections of 2.0 and 1.0 μg L⁻¹ of standard copper and iron, respectively. The proposed methods were successfully applied to the determination of copper and iron in tap and river water samples. The accuracy of the proposed methods was assessed by the analysis of certified reference material of river water.     

Catalytic kinetic simultaneous determination of iron, silver and manganese with the Kalman filter by using flow injection analysis stopped-flow spectrophotometry

A catalytic differential kinetic method with Kalman filter for the simultaneous determination of multi-component is described. The oxidization of Rhodamine B (RB) by potassium periodate in a slightly acid solution is a slow reaction. But iron(III), silver(I) or manganese(II) has a differential catalytic effect on the oxidation reaction of RB in the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline as the activator. So iron, silver and manganese can be simultaneously determined by measuring the decreasing absorbance of the dye (RB) at 555 nm. A flow injection analysis stopped-flow spectrophotometric system with a microcomputer performs the determinations. This method has been applied to determining iron, silver and manganese of alloy samples with satisfactory results.     

Spectrophotometric determination of manganese with derivatives of 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-[3-(1,3,3-trimethyl-1,3- H-indol-2-ylidene)propenyl]-3 H-indolium

A new, simple, rapid, and sensitive spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of manganese in sewage. The method is based on the reaction of manganese with derivatives of 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-[3-(1,3,3-trimethyl-1,3-H-indol-2-ylidene)propenyl]-3H-indolium to form a colored ion associate with a sensitive absorption maximum at 560 nm. The appropriate reaction conditions have been established: pH 8.5–10.0, 1.25–2.3×10^–3 mol L^–1 1-nitroso-2-naphthol, and 1.6–2.4×10^–4 mol L^–1 dye reagent. Beer's law is obeyed for manganese concentrations up to 4.2 mg L^–1. The limit of detection is 0.01 mg L^–1 Mn²⁺; the molar absorptivity of the ion associate was 7.5×10⁴ L mol^–1 cm^–1. The effect of various foreign ions was examined. A reaction mechanism is suggested. The developed procedure was tested for determination of manganese in sewage with satisfactory precision and accuracy.     

Polyurethane-pyridylazonaphthol foams in the preconcentration and separation of trace elements

The feasibility of using PAN—polyether and polyester polyurethane foams in batch and column operations has been examined. The effects of pH, plasticizer and various anions present in the aqueous solution on the extraction behaviour of cobalt, iron and manganese have been investigated. In dynamic systems, the effect of flow rate on the extraction efficiencies of these metal ions has been investigated. The uptake of cobalt(III) and manganese(II) on PAN—polyester foam columns is quantitative at flow rates up to 10 ml min^-1 and 2 ml min^-1, respectively. The retention of iron(III) by the foam column is not quantitative even at a flow rate of 1 ml min^-1. Preconcentration of cobalt and its separation from various concentrations of manganese are successful..     

A simple flow injection spectrophotometric determination method for iron(III) based on O-acetylsalicylhydroxamic acid complexation

A simple and rapid flow-injection spectrophotometric method for the determination of iron(III) and total iron is proposed. The method is based on the reaction between iron(III) and O-acetylsalicylhydroxamic acid (AcSHA) in a 2 % methanol solution resulting in an intense violet complex with strong absorption at 475 nm. Optimum conditions for the determination of iron(III) and the interfering ions were tested. The relative standard deviation for the determination of 5 μg L⁻¹ iron(III) was 0.85 % (n = 10), and the limit of detection (blank signal plus three times the standard deviation of the blank) was 0.5 μg L⁻¹, both based on the injection volumes of 20 μL. The method was successfully applied in the determination of iron(III) and total iron in water and ore samples. The method was verified by analysing a certified reference material Zn/Al/Cu 43XZ3F and also by the AAS method.     

Flow-injection photometric determination of manganese(II) based on its catalysis of the periodate oxidation of N,N'-bis(2-hydroxy-3-sulfopropyl)tolidine

A novel flow-injection spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of manganese(II) at sub-nanogram/ml levels. The method is based on its catalytic effect on the oxidation of N,N′-bis(2-hydroxy-3-sulfopropyl)tolidine (HSPT) by periodate. The catalytic effect of manganese(II) was enhanced by the presence of 2,2′-bipyridine as an activator. By monitoring the change in absorbance of the oxidation product of HSPT at 670 nm, manganese(II) ranging 0.02-3.0 ng ml⁻¹ could be determined with the relative standard deviations of less than 2%. The interfering ions were effectively suppressed by the addition of 2,2′-iminodiethanol and citric acid. The proposed method is directly applicable to the determination of manganese in lake and river water samples.     

Spectrophotometric determination of copper as a dithiocarbamate by flow injection analysis

Copper(II) ions (1–20 mg l^?1) are determined at 385 nm by injection into an aqueous carrier solution containing EDTA (0.05 M), carbon disulphide (0.03%) and diethanolamine (0.1%) in aqueous ammonia solution (0.5%) adjusted to pH 8.0. Chromium(VI) and, to a minor extent, iron(III) interfere. In the absence of EDTA, cobalt, iron(II), nickel, and manganese ions interfere but the sensitivity to copper is higher.