Light absorbancy method of determination of Vanadium (V) by use of α-pyridyl-β-azonaphthol (PAN) has been investigated. A solution of Vanadium (V) of pH 3.04.0 reacts with PAN and gives a coloration having the maximum absorption at 560mμ. The coloration is unstable and discolors immediately. However, an addition of 10m
l of 20% (NH
4)
2S
2O
8 solution to 50 m
l of the solution gives a stable coloration. The complex Vanadium (V) -PAN salt, similarly as in PAN complex salt of Cu, Ni, U, etc., is difficulty soluble, but an addition of 10m
l acetone to 50m
l solution gives no formation of precipitate.
From the above result, the sample solution {0.0050.3 mg Vanadium (V)} is treated with 3m
l of 60% HClO
4, 10m
l of 20% (NH
4)
2S
2O
8, 10m
l of 99.5% acetone and 5m
l of 50% ammonium acetate, adjusted to pH 3.03.5 (affected by Mn in case of pH 4.0), this is treated with 3m
l of 0.05% PAN-CH
3OH, made up to 50m
l with water, let stand for 5min, light absorbancy at 560 mμ is measured, making the blank test at the same time and Vanadium is determined from the estimating line.
In this method, the presence of Cu, Fe, Ni, Cr, Co, Bi, U, In, etc. gives disturbing influence. The author determined Vanadium in iron and steel by this method; in the case, the disturbing components were removed by the magnetic mercury cathodic method and a small amount of residual Fe could be masked by EDTA.
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