Simultaneous determination of Mn and Cr was studied with a spectrophotometer. Unless the period of boiling is kept within 2 mins. HMnO
4 decomposed gradually, through the oxidation of Mn by (NH
4)
2S
2O
8, so that we could not obtain reproducible results. When oxidized with KIO
4, the same absorbancy was obtained by boiling for 3 or 10 mins., and its solution was stable for 4 hrs. at least. If the solution included over 1.2 N of H
3PO
4, the oxidation of Mn by KIO
4 was supressed. Therefore, oxidation should be done with a solution containing below 1N of it. The concentration of H
3PO
4 had strong influence on the absorption curve of H
2Cr
2O
7, therefore, we must define the concentration of it rigidly.
When the solution contained large amount of Ni or Co, satisfactory results were obtained by using the same sample solution that was freed of Cr by NaOH-H
2O
2 method, as reference solution. At 565 mμ, Mn was determined without influence of absorption of H
2Cr
2O
7, because the absorption of H
2Cr
2O
7 was negligible. Accordingly, the determination of Mn and Cr was done simultaneously by measuring the absorbancies at 440 mμ and 565 mμ.
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