Mutsuya Matsubara

Extraction-spectrophotometric determination of vanadium with N-m-tolyl-N-phenylhydroxylamine and its application to coal and coal fly-ash

N-m-Tolyl-N-phenylhydroxylamine is proposed for the spectrophotometric determination of small amounts of vanadium. The reddish-violet complex formed with the reagent in 3-6M hydrochloric acid after extraction with chloroform shows an absorption maximum at 530 nm, and obeys Beers law for 0-76.5 mug of vanadium in 10 ml of chloroform. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of vanadium in coal and coal fly-ash.

Separation of trans-1,2-cyclohexanediaminetetra-acetic acid chelates of bismuth(III), iron(III) and copper(II) by reversed-phase paired-ion chromatography

Trans-1,2-cyclohexanediaminetetra-acetic acid (DCTA) chelates of bismuth(III), iron(III) and copper(II) have been separated by two techniques using reversed-phase paired-ion chromatography. In one, the chelates in aqueous solution were separated within 20 min on a 6.0 x 300 mm ERC-ODS column with 10(-2)M tetrabutylammonium ion (TBA(+)) in methanoi-water mixture (45:55 v v ) as eluent. In the other, the metal ions in aqueous solution were separated within 10 min by direct injection into an ERC-ODS column with 10(-2)M TBA(+)/10(-3)M DCTA in methanoi-water mixture (40:60 v v ) as eluent.

Spectrophotometric determination of titanium with N-m-tolyl-N-phenylhydroxylamine and its application to environmental samples

N-m-Tolyl-n-phenylhydroxylamine is proposed for the spectrophotometric determination of titanium. The reagent forms a yellow chloroform-soluble complex with titanium in media with a hydrochloric acid concentration of at least 9M. The apparent molar absorptivity at 380 nm is 7.4 x 10(3) 1.mole(-1).cm(-1). The optimum final concentration range is 0-54 mug of titanium in 10 ml of chloroform. The complex contains the metal and reagent in 1:2 ratio. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of titanium in coal, coal fly-ash, pond sediment and asphalt.

Study of the extraction of vanadium(V)-N-p-octyloxybenzoyl-N-phenylhydroxylamine complexes from sulphuric acid solutions containing chloride, fluoride or thiocyanate.

The extraction of vanadium(V)-N-p-octyloxybenzoyl-N-phenylhydroxylamine (OBPHA) complexes from sulphuric acid containing chloride, fluoride or thiocyanate is described. The purple, red and reddish blue complexes extracted, containing chloride, fluoride or thiocyanate, have molar absorptivities of 6.1 x 10(3), 5.08 x 10(3) and 7.9 x 10(3) 1.mole(-1) .cm(-1) with maximum absorption at 540, 490 and 570 nm, respectively. A spectrophotometric determination of vanadium(V) has been based on these results. The composition of the extracted complexes is estimated as V(V): OBPHA:X(-) = 1:2:1 (X(-) = Cl(-), F and SCN(-)).