| Abstract: | Abstract Thiothenoyltrifluoracetone (STTA) was used for the simultaneous extraction and direct spectrophotometric determination of bismuth at microgram concentration. About 98.5 μg of bismuth was extracted as the orange-red colored complex with 10 ml of 0.001 M STTA in carbontetrachloride. The extraction was quantitative at pH 6. The system conformed to Beer's Law in the concentration range of 2.5 to 30 μg/ml of bismuth at 460 nm. The method is both sensitive and selective. The molar absorptivity was 5.6 × 103 and sensitivity was 0.037 μg/cm2. The method is selective as it is possible to accomplish extraction and colorimetrically determination of bismuth in the presence of 1:50 of several ions. Only ions such as cadmium, tin, iron, titanium and nickel interfere seriously. The overall process of extraction and determination takes hardly 30 minutes. The method is reproducible. |
