Analysis of some phenolic copolymer mixtures by electrometric titration techniques

Some two-, three- and four-component phenolic copolymers have been characterized, and mixed in definite stoichiometric proportions. The total amount of acidic and basic functional groups in a given weight of the copolymer mixture have been calculated from the characteristic parameters of the polymer components. Analysis of these copolymer mixtures by electrometric titration techniques revealed an excellent correlation between the calculated and observed values of functional groups.     

Selective pyrimidinethiols for palladium(II) determination

Alkyl and aryl substituted 4, 4, 6-trimethyl-(1H, 4H)2-pyrimidinethiols react selectively with palladium(II) in strong acids, forming yellow complexes (lambda(max) 430 nm) extractable into non-polar solvents. By an extractive spectrophotometric procedure, microgram amounts of palladium may be determined in the presence of milligram amounts of many species, including all the other platinum-group metals.     

Spectrophotometric determination of iron after separation of its 9,10-phenanthrenequinone monoximate on microcrystalline naphthalene

A sensitive and selective spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of iron as Fe(II) or Fe(III) using 9,10-phenanthrenequinone monoxime (PQM) as the complexing agent. Fe(II) and Fe(III) react with PQM to form coloured water insoluble complexes which can be adsorbed on microcrystalline naphthalene in the pH ranges 3.7–6.2 and 2.0–8.4, respectively. The solid mass consisting of the metal complex and naphthalene is dissolved in DMF and the metal determined spectrophotometrically by measuring the absorbances Fe(II) at 745 nm and Fe(III) at 425 nm. Beer's law is obeyed over the concentration range 0.5–20.0 g of iron(II) and 20–170.0 g of Fe(III) in 10 ml of DMF solution. The molar absorptivities are 1.333 × 10⁴ 1 · mole^–1 · cm^–1 for Fe(II) and 2.428 × 10³1· mole^–1 · cm^–1 for Fe(III). The precision of determination is better than 1%. The interference of various ions has been studied and the method has been employed for the determination of iron in various standard reference alloys, bears, wines, ferrous gluconate, human hair and environmental samples.     

Spectrophotometric determination of cobalt with phenanthrenequinone monoxime

Phenanthrenequinone monoxime reacts with cobalt to form a yellow-orange insoluble 1:3 (cobalt:ligand) complex which is extractable into chloroform in the pH range 4.45-8.0. The determination of cobalt is carried out at 470 mmu. Beer's law is obeyed over the concentration range 0-3.0 ppm of cobalt. The sensitivity is 0-00336 mug of Co/cm(2) for 0.001 absorbance. The effect of a number of foreign ions has been studied.     

Electrical conductivity and photoconductivity of As2S3PbS glasses

Measurements of dc electrical conductivity and photoconductivity of various glassy compositions (x = 0.1?0.625) in (As₂S₃)_1?x(PbS)_x have been made. Experimental results of the temperature dependence of dc conductivity from room temperature to 200°C (which includes the glass transition temperature) are reported. All the compositions exhibit intrinsic conduction in the measured temperature range. Thermal activation energy, glass transition temperature and σ₀ for the compositions studied, were determined from the experimental data. The low value of $\text{σ}{}_0\text{(10?10}{}^{\mathrm{?2}}\text{Ω}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{cm}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$) in these semiconducting glasses is attributed to the greater participation of localized states in the conduction process.In the measurements of photoconductivity, the variation of photocurrent with temperature, photon energy, light intensity and electric field is observed. The recombination model has been involved to explain the results of photoconductivity. Both electrical and photoconductivity data support the presence of higher density of localized states in the x = 0.1 composition than in others.     

Determination of nickel by flame atomic-absorption spectrophotometry after separation by adsorption of its nioxime complex on microcrystalline naphthalene

A method has been developed for the determination of nickel in alloys by flame atomic-absorption spectrophotometry after formation of a water-insoluble complex, its adsorption on microcrystalline naphthalene, and dissolution of the complex and naphthalene in nitric acid and xylene.