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Spectrophotometric method for the determination of vanadium in uranium rich hydrogeochemical samples using pyridyl
G Chakrapani1, D S Murty, B K Balaji
1Chemical Laboratory, Atomic Minerals Division, Department of Atomic Energy, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore 560072, India.
Abstract:
A simple and precise method has been developed for the determination of traces of vanadium(V), using 4-(2 pyridyl azo) resorcinol, in natural water samples, containing very high concentrations of uranium. CDTA-pyrophosphate buffer has been used for masking interferants, including uranium which otherwise interferes above 125 ppb. The reaction of vanadium with PAR in the presence of buffer requires a waiting period of 45 min. The Sandell sensitivity of the method is 0.003 microg/ml, at 545 nm at an optimum pH of 6.5 +/- 0.2. The precision of the method is +/- 15% at the 100 ppb level of vanadium(V). The method has been successfully applied to a number of natural water samples during hydrogeochemical exploration.
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