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Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of uranium in phosphate fertilizers

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An extraction and spectrophotometric method for determination of trace amounts of uranium in phosphate fertilizers is described. It is based on the extraction of uranium with trioctylphosphine oxide in benzene and the spectrophotometric determination of uranium with Arsenazo III in buffer-alcoholic medium. The maximum absorbance occurs at 655 nm with a molar absorptivity of 1.2·104 l·mol−1·cm−1. Beer's law is obeyed over the range 0.6–15.0 μg·ml−1 of uranium(VI). The proposed method has been applied successfully to the analysis of phosphate fertilizers with phosphate concentrations of 45% P2O5.

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  1. Chemical Dynamics Laboratory, The Boris Kidrič Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Vinča, PO Box 522, 11001, Beograd, (Yugoslavia)

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Vučić, N., Ilić, Z. Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of uranium in phosphate fertilizers. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 129, 113–120 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02037574

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