Preconcentrative separation of chromium(VI) species from chromium(III) by coprecipitation of its ethyl xanthate complex onto naphthalene |
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Authors: | Gopi Krishna P Mary Gladis J Rambabu U Prasada Rao T Naidu G R K |
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Institution: | a Department of Environmental Sciences, S.V. University, Tirupati 517502, A.P., India b Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Trivandrum 695019, India c Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (CMET), Hyderabad 500051, India |
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Abstract: | A rapid, sensitive and selective method is described for the determination of chromium(VI) in presence of 100-fold amounts of chromium(III) by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) in conjunction with coprecipitative preconcentration of its ethyl xanthate complex onto naphthalene. The solid mixture consisting of the chromium(VI) complex together with naphthalene is dissolved in 8.0 ml of dimethyl formamide (DMF) and chromium(VI) content was established by FAAS. Calibration graphs were rectilinear over the chromium(VI) concentration in the range 0-200 μg l−1. Five replicate determinations of 20 μg of chromium(VI) present in 1.0 l of sample solution gave a relative standard deviation of 3.1%. The detection limit corresponding to three times the standard deviation of the blank was found to be 0.5 μg l−1. The developed procedure has been successfully utilized for the estimation of chromium(VI), chromium(total) (after oxidation with bromate) and chromium(III) (by subtracting chromium(VI) content from chromium(total) value contents of several tannery industries. |
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Keywords: | Coprecipitative preconcentration Flame AAS Speciation Chromium Tannery effluents |
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