Determination of copper in saline waters by atomic absorption spectrohotometry combined with apdc-mibk extraction

A technique has been developed for the determination of copper in saline waters by extraction of its complex with ammonium pyrollidine dithiocarbamate into methyl isobutyl ketone and subsequent analysis by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The method is self-compensating for any incomplete extraction of copper. With a 15:510 solvent-aqueous phase ratio, a sensitivity of 0.2 p.p.b. and a precision of ±10% were achieved. The method was used to determine copper in a number of sea water and other'saline water samples.     

Investigation of the extraction equilibrium of ion-association complexes of molybdenum (VI) with some polyphenols and thiazolyl blue. extraction-spectrophotometric determination of molybdenum

The extraction process of ternary ion-association complexes of molybdenum (VI) with some polyphenols (4-nitrocatechol, 2,3-dihydroxy naphthalene) and thiazolyl blue has been investigated by using an extraction-spectrophotometric method. The optimum conditions for their quantitative preparation in aqueous medium and subsequent extraction into an organic solvent have been found. The extraction, distribution and association constants, and the recovery factors have been calculated. The composition of the complexes has been determined. A precise, sensitive and simple extraction-spectrophotometric method for determination of molybdenum in products from ferrous metallurgy has been developed.     

Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction of Fe(II) and Cu(II) with diethyldithiocarbamate and their simultaneous spectrophotometric determination using mean centering of ratio spectra

A new dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) method for preconcentration of trace quantities of Fe(II) and Cu(II) followed by their spectrophotometric determination has been developed. For the extraction, an appropriate mixture of ethanol (the disperser solvent) and carbon tetrachloride (the extraction solvent) was injected rapidly into the water sample containing Fe(II) and Cu(II) after formation of complexes with diethyldithiocarbamate. Mean centering (MC) of ratio spectra has been used for simultaneous determination of Fe(II) and Cu(II). Linear range of the method is 1.0–100 ng/mL for Fe(II) and 0.3–100 ng/mL for Cu(II), the detection limit is 0.53 ng/mL and 0.14 ng/mL Cu(II), resp. The interference effect of some anions and cations is reported. The method was applied to the determination of Fe(II) and Cu(II) in well water samples.     

非离子表面活性剂在胶束增溶分光光度法中的作用(Ⅱ)

本文以乳化剂OP对结晶紫及结晶紫-磷钼杂多酸缔合物的作用为代表,研究了非离子表面活性剂与碱性染料显色体系的相互作用,提出了非离子表面活性剂起增溶作用的第二种模式--拟均相萃取模式,并用浊点析相分离法进行了验证。     

Extraction-spectrophtometric determination of vanadium using 2,6-dithiol-4-<Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-butylphenol and aminophenols

Mixed-ligand complexes of vanadium(II, IV, V) with 2,6-dithiol-4-tert-butylphenol and aminophenols have been studied by spectrophotometry. Extraction of mixed-ligand complexes is maximal at pH 1.2–4.8. The optimal conditions for the formation and extraction of mixed-ligand compounds have been found and the ratios of components in the complexes have been determined. A procedure has been developed for extraction-spectrophotometric determination of vanadium in soils.     

Simultaneous determination of uranium(VI) and thorium(IV) with carminic acid by derivative spectrophotometry

The reactions of uranium(VI) and thorium(IV) ions with carminic acid have been investigated. These ions react with carminic acid in neutral medium, forming colored complexes. The dark purple or red wine complexes show a high absorption in the visible region (597 nm U(VI) and 616 nm Th(IV)). Chemical variables that affect the reaction have been optimized. The spectral overlapping of the color of complexes has been resolved by first-derivative spectrophotometry. The simultaneous determination of uranium(VI) and thorium(IV) mixtures is accomplished by taking the derivative signal (zero crossing) at 597 nm for U(VI) determination and at 616 nm for Th(IV) determination, respectively. The method has been applied to Tyuyamonite ore, containing in the matrix both ions.     

Spectrophotometric determination of ziram, ferbam and zineb with diphenylcarbazone

A procedure has been developed for the determination of ziram (zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate), ferbam (ferric dimethyldithiocarbamate) and zineb (zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate) after their decomposition and extraction of the diphenylcarbazone complexes of the zinc or iron into isobutyl methyl ketone. These complexes absorb strongly at 520 nm. The method is rapid, sensitive and selective and can be used for the determination of these dithiocarbamates in commercial and synthetic mixtures.     

Determination of Some Transition Metals by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy after Extraction with Pyridine-2-aldehyde-2-quinolylhydrazone

The extraction of pyridine-2-aldehyde-2-quinolylhydrazone chelates of cadmium, cobalt, copper, nickel, and zinc into isoamyl alcohol (IAOL) and methylisobutyl ketone (MIBK) has been investigated as a basis for the determination of these metals. Below pH 6 the extraction is enhanced by the addition of perchlorate, suggesting that charged complexes are being extracted by ion-pair formation. Sensitivities (1% absorption) are reported for IAOL and MIBK solutions of the metals sprayed into an air-acetylene flame. A procedure for the determination of the above metals by atomic absorption spectroscopy after extraction is given. The procedure is applied to the analysis of tap water for cadmium, copper, and zinc.     

Preconcentration of metal dithiocarbamate complexes on C18-bonded silica gel for neutron activation analysis

At pH 2, Au, Pd, Pt, U and W form stable pyrrolidine-carbodithioate (PCDT) complexes which can be quantitatively retained by C₁₈-bonded silica gel. Simultaneous determination of the adsorbed metal complexes can be achieved by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). This method allows the determination of Au, Pd, U, and W in natural waters at ng/l levels. For Pt and W, the adsopriton method has an advantage over the solvent extraction technique which generally results in a partial recovery of the PCDT complexes.     

Étude sur le dosage colorimétrique de l'aluminium dans les aciers

Colorimetric determination of aluminium by means of a new reagent, stilbazo, is studied.The investigation leads to a method for the direct determination of aluminiumsteel alloys: nitrided steels, magnetic steels.The aluminium is determined by a technique consisting of electrolysis with mercury cathode, separation of titanium and vanadium, if present, by chloroform extraction of the complexes of these elements with cupferron, and, finally, colorimetric determination.During these experimental investigations, observations have been made concerning the influence of a number of elements on the reaction of aluminium with stilbazo. The reactions of vanadium with various reagents (dicyandiamidine, diantipyrylphenylmethane, a-benzoinoxime) and the silico-vanado-tungstic complex have been studied.     

Simple and selective spectrophotometric determination of ruthenium after solid phase extraction with some quinoxaline dyes into microcrystalline p-dichlorobenzene

A simple selective and highly sensitive extraction method has been developed for the determination of ruthenium spectrophotometrically after extraction of its 2,3-dichloro-6-(3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-1-naphthylazo)quinoxaline (I), 2,3-dichloro-6-(2-hydroxy-3,5-dinitrophenylazo)quinoxaline (II) and 2,3-dichloro-6-(2,7-dihydroxy-naphthylazo)quinoxaline (III) complexes into microcrystalline p-dichlorobenzene. The optimization of experimental conditions for the procedure is studied. The solid p-dichlorobenzene containing the ruthenium-reagent (I-III) complexes is separated by filtration and dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide. The absorbance is measured at lambda(max) 622, 518 and 542 nm against reagents I, II and III, respectively, as blank. Beer's law is obeyed upto 2.5 microg ml(-1) of ruthenium. The molar absorptivity, Sandell sensitivity, detection and quantification limits are calculated, when compared with those parameters without using solid phase extraction method. The interference of various ions has been studied in detail and the statistical evaluation of the experimental results is reported. The proposed methods have been successfully applied for the determination of trace amount of ruthenium in seawater, ore and metallurgy products.     

Total reflection X-ray fluorescence determination of rare earth elements in mineral water

A method is proposed for determination of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, and samarium in mineral water by means of total-reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis. In this work, the combined technique of preconcentration of rare earth ions is used. This technique consists of coprecipitation of metal hydroxides on the collector (iron (III) hydroxide) and dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction of their complexes with 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol by chloroform in the presence of ethanol. The use of the developed hybrid approach allows simultaneous determination of the mentioned metals in mineral water in the range n(10^–2–10¹) μg/L. The results of analysis of Arkhyz and Rychal-Su mineral waters by the proposed extraction–X-ray fluorescent method are confirmed by the literature data, obtained by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.     

Spectrophotometric determination of cobalt, nickel, palladium, copper, ruthenium and molybdenum after extraction of their isoamyl xanthate complexes into molten naphthalene

A method has been developed for the spectrophotometric determination of microamounts of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Pd(II), Ru(III) and Mo(VI) after extraction of their isoamyl xanthate complexes into molten naphthalene. The method has been applied to the determination of these metal ions in various alloys and in environmental samples (fly ash).     

Determination of Np,Pu and Am in high level radioactive waste with extraction-liquid scintillation counting

A new method for the determination of transuranium elements, Np, Pu and Am with extraction-liquid scintillation counting has been studied systematically. Procedures for the separation of Pu and Am by HDEHP-TRPO extraction and for the separation of Np by TTA-TiOA extraction have been developed, by which the recovery of Np, Pu and Am is 97%, 99% and 99%, respectively, and the decontamination factors for the major fission products (⁹⁰Sr,¹³⁷Cs etc.) are 10⁴–10⁶. Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) technique has been introduced to liquid scintillation counting, by which the counting efficiency of -activity is >99% and the rejection of -counts is >99.95%. This new method, combining extraction and pulse shape discrimination with liquid scintillation technique, has been successfully applied to the assay of Np, Pu and Am in high level radioactive waste.     

Simultaneous two- and three-component determinations in multicomponent mixtures by extraction-spectrophotometry and thermochromism of ion-association complexes

A selective method of determination of amines and quaternary ammonium salts by solvent extraction and thermochromism of ion-association complexes has been established. The method is based on the formation of ion-association species with tetrabromophenolphthalein ethyl ester and the thermochromism effect in the organic phase at low temperature. The absorbance of the red amine charge-transfer complexes decreases quantitatively (DeltaA) with increase in temperature (DeltaT), and Delta A Delta T is characteristic of a particular species. This characteristic has been applied for the sensitive and selective determination of amines. The absorbance of the blue quaternary ammonium ion-association complexes does not vary with temperature, however, and the quaternary ammonium compounds can be determined without interference by amines because of the disappearance of the red species at 60 degrees . Methylephedrine, diphenhydramine, ephedrine (amines), benzethonium and/or berberine (quaternary ammonium compounds) in two- and three-component mixtures can be determined by using the thermochromism effect. The method is highly selective, sensitive and reproducible.     

Evaluation of an ultrasonic nebulizer-membrane separation interface (USN-MEMSEP) with ICP-AES for the determination of trace elements by solvent extraction

The introduction of volatile organic solvents and metal organic complexes into an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) is problematic due to overloading and pyrolysis effects. These include carbon built up in the torch and spectral interferences. As a consequence, solvent extraction as a method for preconcentrating trace metals for the determination by ICP has been limited. In this report a commercial ultrasonic nebulizer-membrane separation interface (USN-MEMSEP) for the direct introduction and separation of organic solvents using ICP atomic emission spectrometry (AES) and a sequential spectrometer has been evaluated for solvent extraction of chelated trace metals. The ability of the MEMSEP to separate volatile organic flows from metal aerosols has been demonstrated by determining the recoveries of several transition metals in an oil-based methyl-isobutyl ketone (MIBK) standard relative to an aqueous solution. However, low recoveries of several metal chelates have been found evidently due to the volatilization of the organic metal species at the boiling point of MIBK (160° C). Moreover, the multielement capability and limits of detection have been limited due to sequential atomic emission detection. Advantages of the technique include enhanced limits of detection (LODs) and reduced plasma and spectral interferences.     

The solvent extraction and spectrophotometric determination of vanadium (V) with 4-(2-thiazolylazo)resorcinol and tetrazolium salts

The formation and extraction of ion-associate complexes between the vanadium(V)-4-(2-thiazolylazo)resorcinol (TAR) anionic chelate and the cations of some mono-and ditetrazolium salts {3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazol)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (Thiazolyl blue, MTT), 3-(2-naphtyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium chloride (Tetrazolium violet), 2-(4-iodophenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-phenyl-2H-tetrazolium chloride (Iodonitrotetrazolium chloride), 3,3′-[3,3′-dimetoxy(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diyl]-bis[2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium] chloride (Tetrazolium blue chloride) and 3,3′-(3,3′-dimetoxy-4,4′-biphenylene)bis[2-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-phenyl-2H-tetrazolium chloride] (Nitro blue tetrazolium chloride)} have been studied. The optimum extraction conditions have been found. The composition of the V-TAR-monotetrazolium and V-TAR-ditetrazolium complexes extracted into chloroform has been determined to be 1:2:3 and 2:4:3 respectively. The extraction, distribution and association constants, and the recovery factors have been calculated. The relationship between the molecular weight of tetrazolium cations, and the association constants of their complexes has been discussed. The special behavior of the tetrazolium cations, containing-NO₂ groups has been noticed. The effects of foreign ions and reagents on the extraction of vanadium with TAR and the best tetrazolium salt-MTT have been studied. A sensitive, selective, simple and fast method for the determination of vanadium has been developed.      

Evaluation of an ultrasonic nebulizer-membrane separation interface (USN-MEMSEP) with ICP-AES for the determination of trace elements by solvent extraction

The introduction of volatile organic solvents and metal organic complexes into an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) is problematic due to overloading and pyrolysis effects. These include carbon built up in the torch and spectral interferences. As a consequence, solvent extraction as a method for preconcentrating trace metals for the determination by ICP has been limited. In this report a commercial ultrasonic nebulizer-membrane separation interface (USN-MEMSEP) for the direct introduction and separation of organic solvents using ICP atomic emission spectrometry (AES) and a sequential spectrometer has been evaluated for solvent extraction of chelated trace metals. The ability of the MEMSEP to separate volatile organic flows from metal aerosols has been demonstrated by determining the recoveries of several transition metals in an oil-based methyl-isobutyl ketone (MIBK) standard relative to an aqueous solution. However, low recoveries of several metal chelates have been found evidently due to the volatilization of the organic metal species at the boiling point of MIBK (160° C). Moreover, the multielement capability and limits of detection have been limited due to sequential atomic emission detection. Advantages of the technique include enhanced limits of detection (LODs) and reduced plasma and spectral interferences.     

Neutron activation analysis of rhenium in rocks after preliminary extraction with acetone

A preconcentrating neutron activation method for determination of rhenium in rocks is described. The preconcentration is based on a preliminary extraction separation with acetone. The chemical recovery is determined by an isotope tracer technique using¹⁸⁶Re. The method has been applied to the determination of rhenium in rock samples and extended to more complex systems. Rhenium content is in the range of 110 ppb.     

Extraction of uranium(IV) from phosphoric acid solutions with 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoylpyrazolone-5 (PMBP)

The extraction of uranium(IV) from phosphoric acid solutions with PMBP and PMBP-TOPO mixtures has been studied. The synergic extraction with PMBP-TOPO is more effective than the simple chelate extraction with PMBP and both systems are more effective than the synergic extraction of uranium(VI) with DEHPA-TOPO. It is established that the complexes extracted are U(PMBP)(4) and U(PMBP)(4).TOPO for the chelate and synergic extraction respectively. The most probable uranium(VI) species in the aqueous phase (2.9-6.33M H(3)PO(4)) is the neutral complex U(H(5)P(2)O(8))(4). Analytical methods suitable for determination of uranium in phosphoric acid solutions have been developed. The highest sensitivity is achieved by combining the synergic extraction with the uranium(IV)-arsenazo III colour reaction.