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A rapid extraction-colorimetric determination of silver with thiothenoyltrifluoroacetone

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Thiothenoyltrifluoroacetone (STTA) was used for the extraction and spectrophotometric determination of silver. Silver was quantitatively extracted at pH 1.0 with 5 ml of 10−3 M reagent in carbon tetrachloride in presence of 5 ml of butanol. The golden yellow coloured complex was measured at 460 nm. The system adhered to Beer's law in the range of 5–75μg of silver per ml. The molar absorptivity was 3.5×103 and sensitivity was 0.034μg per cm2. The complex was stable for 72 hours. The extraction was quantitative within 10 minutes of equilibration. It was possible to extract and determine silver in large excess (1∶100) of other ions. The method was applicable to the analysis of silver in silver based alloys.

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Thiothenoyltrifluoraceton wurde für die Extraktion und die spektrophotometrische Bestimmung von Silber verwendet. Die Extraktion verläuft bei pH 1,0 mit 5 ml 10−3-m Reagenslösung in Tetrachlorkohlenstoff bei Gegenwart von 5 ml Butanol. Der goldgelbe Komplex wird bei 460 nm gemessen. Die Reaktion folgt dem Beerschen Gesetz zwischen 5 und 75μg Ag/ml. Die molare Extinktion beträgt 3,5 · 103, die Empfindlichkeit 0,034μg/ cm2. Der Komplex ist 72 Stunden beständig. Die Extraktion ist innerhalb 10 min quantitativ. Mit der angegebenen Methode läßt sich Silber in Anwesenheit großer Mengen Fremdionen (1∶100) bestimmen. Sie ist daher auf Silberlegierungen anwendbar.

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Solanke, K.R., Khopkar, S.M. A rapid extraction-colorimetric determination of silver with thiothenoyltrifluoroacetone. Mikrochim Acta 66, 41–48 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01257091

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