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C Sanchez-Pedreno1, M I Albero, M S Garcia
1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Abstract:
A new kinetic method for the determination of Hg(II) based on its inhibitory effect on the Pd(II)-catalysed reaction between Co(III)-EDTA and hypophosphite is proposed. The reaction is followed spectrophotometrically at 540 nm by measuring the induction period. Both the influence of the reaction variables and the interference of many ions have been studied. A mechanism for the inhibition process is also proposed. Under the selected experimental conditions of 2.7 x 10(-1)M Co(III)-EDTA, pH-3.2 Britton-Robinson buffer, 0.3M H(2)PO(-)(2), 0.35 mug/ml Pd(II), and temperature 18 +/- 0.2 degrees , Hg(II) was determined in the range 13-120 ng/ml. The method was applied to the determination of Hg(II) in sphalerites and pharmaceuticals.
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