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Photometric determination of arsenic in silicate rocks

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The method described consists in decomposing the silicate rock sample by fusion with sodium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide-peroxide, leaching the melt with water, evolving arsine from the filtrate, and finally determining arsenic by photometric evaluation of molybdenum blue. Satisfactory accuracy has been demonstrated for the range 0.0 to 20 p. p. m. As, for which the method is particularly intended.

Zusammenfassung

Zur Bestimmung des Arsengehaltes in Silikatgesteinen wird die Probe durch Schmelzen mit Natriumhydroxyd und gegebenenfalls Natriumperoxyd aufgeschlossen. Aus dem Filtrat der wäßrigen Lösung dieser Schmelze wird Arsenwasserstoff entwickelt und in natriumhydrogenkarbonathältiger Jodlösung aufgefangen. Das hierbei entstehende Arsenat wird nach Zugabe von Molybdatreagens und Bisulfit photometrisch bestimmt. Für Arsengehalte unter 0,02% werden nach dieser Methode Resultate von zufriedenstellender Genauigkeit erhalten.

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La méthode décrite consiste en la décomposition de l'échantillon de roche silicatée par fusion avec la soude ou le peroxyde de sodium, reprenant la partie fondue par l'eau, libérant l'hydrogène arsénié du filtrat et finalement dosant l'arsenic par colorimétrie du bleu de molybdène. Une précision suffisante a été mise en évidence dans le domaine de 0,0 à 20 p. p. m. d'arsenic pour lequel la méthode convient particulièrement bien.

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  1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

    Hiroshi Onishi & E. B. Sandell

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  1. Hiroshi Onishi
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Onishi, H., Sandell, E.B. Photometric determination of arsenic in silicate rocks. Mikrochim Acta 41, 34–40 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01215764

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