D. J. Garole, A. D. Sawant
Aug 1, 2005
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Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research
Abstract
A new analytical reagent, 4-methyl 2,3-pentanedione dioxime (H 2 MPDDD), is proposed for the extraction and spectrophotometric determination of nickel. H 2 MPDDO reacts with nickel (II) to give yellow coloured complex, which can be quantitatively extracted into chloroform at pH 9.0. The organic extract shows maximum absorption at 370 nm where absorption due to a similarly prepared reagent blank is negligible. The Beer's law is followed in the concentration range 0.5-10 μg/ml of nickel (II). The molar absorptivity and Sandell's sensitivity of Ni (II)-(H 2 MPDDO) 2 complex are 3.039x10 3 l/mol/cm and 0.0192 μg/ml/cm 2 , respectively. The stoichiometry of extracted species was found to be 1:2 (M:L). The proposed method is rapid, sensitive, reproducible and accurate, and has been satisfactorily applied for the determination and separation of nickel in synthetic mixtures and spent catalyst samples.