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SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF ZIRCONIUM USING CHROME AZUROL S (CAS) AS COMPLEXING AGENT IN AQUEOUS STREAMS OF NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING

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International Journal of Advances in Chemistry (IJAC), 1 (1): 53-59 (November 2015)
DOI: 10.5121/ijac.2015.1106

Abstract

A sensitive and reproducible method for the direct spectrophotometric determination of zirconium is reported. The method is based on zirconium forms a stable bluish violet colour complex with Chrome Azurol S (CAS) which has maximum absorption at 598 nm at pH 4.2. The complex obeys Beer’s law in the concentration range of 1-7 µg/mL. Detection limit, molar absorptivity and Sandell’s sensitivity were 2.42 µg/mL, 3.93 x103 L.Mol-1 .cm -1and 2.54 x 10-4 µg/cm2 respectively. Relative standard deviation is less than 2% and correlation coefficient is 0.997. The present method is highly sensitive, selective, rapid and simple. It is directly applicable for the determination of zirconium in environmental, industrial, water and nuclear reprocessing samples.

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