Studies of Hydrous Zirconium Oxide. I. Thin-Layer Chromatography of Some Metal Ions on Hydrous Zirconium Oxide: Quantitative Separation of Bi(III) from Several other Metal Ions

Abstract

The analytical potentiality of hydrous zirconium oxide as an ionexchanger has been investigated by thin-layer chromatographic (TLC technique. Binder-free thin-layers of hydrous zirconium oxide are useful for 25 ternary and 12 quaternary separations. Quantitative separation of Bi (III) from some ternary and quaternary mixtures of metal ions has been achieved.