Flow procedure for ion-exchange preconcentration and on-line spectrophotometric determination of iron(III) as its thiocyanate complex

On-line ion-exchange preconcentration of iron(III) on a conventional cation exchange resin with spectrophotometric detection based on thiocyanate complexation is described. The calibration graph is linear over the range 0.01–0.2 g ml^–1 and the detection limit (3 ) is 6 ng ml^–1 for a 6-ml sample. No interference effects were detected. The recovery of iron from the resin is 95%. 12 samples h^–1 can be analysed.