Quercetinsulfonic acid reacted with niobium either in neutral or in acid solution, and gave respectively yellow complexes soluble in water. In neutral solution, the absorption maximum of the complex shifted to longer wavelength with increasing of pH. However, the absorption maximum of the complex was at about 408 mμ, and the absorbancy was constant in the range of pH from 5.8 to 6.5. In this range of pH, the constant absorbancy was obtained at the concentration of quercetinsulfonic acid above 7.4×10
-4M (0.03%). In these conditions, the calibration curve at 410mμ followed Beer's law, and the molar absorption coefficient was calculated as 46, 400.
In sulfuric acid solution, the absorption maximum of the complex formed in the acid solution below 0.45
N was at about 412mμ, while the absorption maximum of the complex formed in the solution above 1.8
N was at about 428mμ. In sulfuric acid between 0.45
N and 1.8
N, the absorption spectrum had two isosbestic points at about 420mμ and 451 mμ. Therefore, the determination of niobium was performed utilizing the wavelength 420mμ, and the constant absorbancy was obtained in the concentration range of sulfuric acid between 0.45
N and 1.8
N, and of quercetinsulfonic acid. above 4.9×10
-4M. In this condition, the calibration curve followed Beer's law and the molar absorption coefficient was calculated as 14, 800.
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