Highly sensitive spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of platinum(IV) with the molybdate-basic dyes-poly(vinyl alcohol) system

Three highly sensitive spectrophotometric methods for the determination of platinum(IV) have been developed, based on its colour reactions with molybdate and basic dyes (BD) in aqueous solution in the presence of poly(vinyl alcohol). Platinum(IV) reacts with molybdate and BD to form ion — association complexes of composition (BD)₂[Pt (MoO₄)₃]. The molar absorptivities are between 6.83 × 10⁵ and 9.51 × 10⁵ dm³mol^–1cm^–1, the highest value being found with nile blue. Suitable conditions for the reactions and the effects of foreign ions were investigated. The methods can be applied to the spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of platinum(IV) in some catalysts and ores.