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Spectrophotometric determination of trace copper with a Cu-diethyldithiocarbamate-beta-cyclodextrin colour system
1Department of Basic Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
A simple, selective and accurate spectrophotometric method for determination of trace copper with diethyldithiocarbamate(DDTC) in the presence of beta-cyclodextrin(beta-CD) in ammonia media has been developed. The apparent molar absorptivity of Cu(II)-DDTC-beta-CD inclusion complex is 1.3 x 10(4) 1 . mole(-1) . cm(-1) at 436 nm, and Beer's law is obeyed for copper in the range 0-150 mug/25 ml. The detection limit is 4.38 x 10(-7)M(S/N = 3). The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of copper in aluminium alloys, soils, millet, wheat flour, herbs, vegetables and some traditional Chinese herbal medicines with satisfactory results.
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