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1952,74,4744.
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(Received 20 December 1971. Accepted 12 January 1972) Tna ORDINAL MBIRM)II haveuaedawa
EXPERIMENTAL A O-1% w/v solution of mqt, prepared amm&um
chloride and O-6g of zinc &hate
Proceabre
To 1 ml of the &c-but& sohrtion in a loo-ml boakar add 5 ml of the 0-l % reagent solution followed by a suitable rl’ uot of the aampla solution (Note8 1 and 2). Dihtta to 25 ml with water and zieag&ybath (2 ) for about 5 min. Cool and dilate with water to 50 mi in a standard tlask. brortwurcsat’454 nm in a l-cm cell against the reagent blank, prepamd m the same way, and read the cmmmttation ofpalhdmm from a calibration Notes 1. The sample ls chosen to provide between 4 anrp” 125 pg of palladium in the final 50-ml solution. 2. To suppmss the hydroiysis of ions such as FoI+, Al’+ and &In’+5 mi of 5% aqueous ammonium citrate solution can be added here.
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RESULTS Pr&nhary imestigation AcMith~~of t to alkaline solutioas of paIladium(II) results in the formation of a bright soluble complexm! ( -Du 454 mu, Fig. 1). Full colour development ocws after heat& the sozzz on a steam-bath (60”) for about 5 min. or afkerabout 1 hr at room , but more rapidly in the presence of a large excess of the reagent. No change in the a cewasobservedoverthe pH tauge 85-1@8, but at pH below 8.5 the solutions darkened and became cloudy. Ammouium chloride-ammouia butfer (pH 10) is suitable for the development of the colour. korporation of zinc in the but&r solution does not hinder the development of the colour, unless used in large excess. In the presence of zinc the st#iitks of the coloured and blank solutioas are markedly improved; abrarbpwcs remalu constant for more than a day and blanks are about 001 absorbance unit. Variationoh~ethaaolcantentoftherolutionshnsnoeffictonthe~colowbuttberateofformatian of the complex is slower when more ethanol is present. ComjWMonof the@Bdfwn+l c@Wp& The yellow complex is readily sorbed on auion-exchange resin and precipitated from solut@ by the add&kmof tetraphulyhuWmium chlortde. Elemetstai aualysts of tba cotqlex pr&lgitated m this wa andmcqsW@dfromohloroformgave: C,61.1%; I&3.%%; N,4*5%; &l&2/.; Pd.8.40/, i(&I,)&),~d(C,H,NsSs)~ requims: C, 61.2%; H, 443%; N, 4.4%; S, 10.5%; Pd. 83% The composition of the solution, obtained by the mole-ratio method.’ also indicated 1 a:1 t the aohmic (w(qdt)sP- is the ababing ofshnilarcomplexesofual hasbeenreWrtedbvLatbam’ _ * z/z . aitd StevanWiC and &WC?’
Mvslength, nm Fro. l.-Spectra of complexes of 2,3quinoxahh~ dithiol. Curve A-75 x 10-W reagent with excess of G&II) preseut. Curve R-29 ppm of paUadhsm(I1)with excess of reagent present. Rothspectmin8~aqueousethanolatpH1O. TABLEI.-hCISION
OF REIUMR
WlTH
PRoclBluRB
o-49 0.99 1.48 1.98 2.47
FOR
S-2f%dRRC~) PALLADIUM Maui
palladium. mm
TRR
THIURONlUM (10
CUUMIDR
VARUTRS) sadiud
R&&e
st~ndmd
absorbance
deviation
deviation of mean, %
0911+014 O%l-M64
OM2 0.063
OGOl 0.W
3.6 0.5
0*154+157 O-308+317 0.4614468 0612-0.621 0.772-0.780
0.155 0.312 K45
0.001 0.002 0.003 0.003 0903
g:: 0.2 0.2 0.1
A_rPnge
0.776
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Beer% law is obvycd. in the rccommendcd pr c&&ration graph pmpanxi from the results given m origin. Tha Sandall !BEnsitivityhldax for tho reaction ls 454 nm b 3.30 x 1tY1. mole-l. mm-‘. Tha mathod is shownbythepra&&mofthercaultsgivaninTablaI.
HPO)-, ClO,-, SCN- and S,O,‘-) nor from the alkali and w Errors of about 1% am caused bv UIJto lOO-fold amounts of the followinn snacks: A&?. La(IIIL Mo(VI), Th(IV), +j(IV), V(V) arid ti(VI). This is also the situation for h&II), Cr(IIIj,~$e@) ii citratelsadd&topreventhy&&yslR EDTAlntB&ra!4,prmaa&& MIl(lI)providCdth8t-
and tha elamsnts CONCLUSION The trend in the developmentof new methods is the attainmwptof higher sensitivity and.selaztivlty, led with the uso of q&k, sim It proccdurm capable of automation. A ~~o~mcthodrforpp&lumhas~givmby~~’ Thcxs to data is the absoxptiomctk procedure of et al.,* who utilize the formationsf a ternary cow of palladium with pyridine and Rosa Extra (4 = 1.2s x l(r l.mole”.mm-X). This DaEz ~~~uhxa a solvent-extraction procedum. #z uscrulnasofthemqtmathodmaybathat lax is soluble in water, it is simphx and mom rapid, and has vary high precision. The sensitivity ““po the deacrilxd method, although lower, compares favourably with thoos of w absorptiomctric mathods. Ac&nowie@meiu$-wo acknowledge with gratitude tha &nt of study kave from Klagston PolytachnlctoA.K.S.,andwethaukMr.S.Attardforchcc gsomeofthercsults. J. A, W. DAL~JHL A. K Stiwms~~* Deparment of Chemimy Cheha College of Science and Technohgy Monresa Road, Lon&wa, S.W.3
F-j-Amethodisdascribcdforthea
pakknn@) and (qdtF* is lixmed at pH 10, having maximum absorbanu? at 454 mn and Sandall masitivitv index of m32 u&m*. The reaction is moderately salactive; &alent ConcantratioEs of latinum0, iridium(IV) and rhodium(7II ) can be tokrated but go1B(III), copper0 and a few other metals interfere. Suggestions am made for masking interferenarr. The method is characterized by good precision, with a relative standard deviation of 0.25 % at the I-ppm level. l Present address: School of Chunkal Science and Technology, Kingston Polytechnic, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, U.K.
1193 BEin Verfabrcn zur absorptiometrischen Bcstimmung van Palladium im Be&h 0.1-25 ppm mit wdithiol (Hqdt) in wHBrigemAt&an01wkd angegeban.m hpns s-2(3-Mucapto&inoxalioyl)thiuro&mchlorid (mqt) wird bet pH l0 ms& zu (qdt)* hydrolysicrt. In Gcgcnwart van Zink wird (qdt)‘dwch Kompl&Mung star; damit wrden die Blindfast &ufNul1vc&gcrt. Einaruonuohcr 1:2+K~~~~~~ und (q&t)” b&M sich bci pH 10, mit gr68tcr tmd dun Empfiad&&keMndcx nach Sandcll van 0,0032 @cm’. Die Reaktion ist m88ig wlektiv; 8quivalente Konzcnti van PlatinGold(m), Kupfer(IV), Iridi&IV) und Rhodium(III) sind ug; oundeiDigeandcreMtalicstorell. Eswerdcnvorschl@Imr Maerung der stwmgcn gemacht. Das verfahren &clmet sidl dtachhohe&nauigkeitaus: imlppm-Bcreichbctr8gtdierelatiw Stand&abweicbwg 02 ‘/, RLnrb-<)nd6aitlmcm6thodcpourlc dpztsl8doayiasO,1-2$~avcc L8r6actif~&lo?uN! ?H#)cn6th8nolaqwuz quiwmiinyl) thiouconiwn (mqt, at hydrol pH 10. En la prdsooce de zinc, (qdt)‘‘82.6ro. Un coJupkwctlest&n&lsdcsr6actifssolltr6duits compiexeani&que1:2dup&ladium(II)a& qdt)‘-c&f&i p”“4” HlO,etifrWIlkabsolption~B454mnetrmiadics&Isasi!ilit 6 sandell de 0.0032 &xn*. La r&actioncst mt s&&e, de3 consentrations uivakntes de plati.r@V), iridium(IV) et rhadium(III) peuvent$t, t016r&s, mais ror(III), k cuivrc(II), et quclqucs autns m6taux intsrftrent. On pr&cnte dcs suggestions pour . .
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
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197& vol. 19. pp. 1193 to 1199. PorrrmmRar
Determination of molybd-
RintcdiaNonbem-
by atombabsorption qedropMome!try
(Received12 Novetnber 1971. Accepted12 Jamuzry1972) METHOXM available for determination of molybduxum by atomic&so tion spc&opMometry involve the use of both nitrous oxideacctykr~~ and air-acatylcne tlamcs. ?be advantaguofusinga nitrous oxide-acctykw flame have bcc~ stressed by Willisf Methods involving the use of such a