Solochrome violet R.S. as a new colorimetric reagent

Summary Solochrome violet R.S. has proved to be a sensitive colorimetric reagent for the microdetermination of vanadium in the limits of 0.05 to 6 ppm with a sensitive filter photometer or a spectrophotometer, at 580 nm. A large number of cations up to 100 fold the vanadium amount do not interfere with its determination. The present work comprises a comparative study on the behaviour of solochrome violet and Fast Grey, based upon the great similarity in the molecular structure of the two dyes and the influence of the orthonitrophenolic group in the molecule of Fast Grey.Part I: See Z. analyt. Chem. 178, 184 (1960).