Abstract: | The surfactant is extracted into 1,2-dichlorobenzene as a neutral adduct with potassium tetrathiocyanatozincate(II), and zinc(II) in the extract is determined spectrophotometrically after addition of l-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol and triethanolamine. With a 150-ml water sample, the limit of detection is 15 μg l-1 (as Triton X-100). The method requires only one extraction and is applicable, without modification, to fresh, estuarine and sea-water samples. |