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A resonance light scattering method for the determination of uranium based on a water-soluble salophen and oxalate

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A resonance light scattering (RLS) method for the direct detection of uranium (VI) or uranyl in aqueous solution without separation procedure has been reported in this paper. Sulfo-salophen, a water-soluble tetradentate Schiff base ligand of uranyl, reacted with uranyl to form a complex. The complex reacted further with oxalate to form supramolecular dimer with large molecular volume, resulting in a production of strong RLS signal. The amount of uranium (VI) was detected through measuring the RLS intensity. A linear range was found to be 0.2–30.0 ng/mL under optimal conditions with a detection limit of 0.15 ng/mL. The method has been applied to determine uranium (VI) in environmental water samples with the relative standard deviations of less than 5 % and the recoveries of 98.8–105.8 %. The present technique is suitable for the assay of uranium (VI) in environmental water samples collected from different sources.

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The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Nos. 11275091, 10975069 and 11275090) for financial support.

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    Lin Chen, Lifu Liao, Xing Shen, Yunfei He, Canhui Xu, Xilin Xiao, Yingwu Lin & Changming Nie

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Chen, L., Liao, L., Shen, X. et al. A resonance light scattering method for the determination of uranium based on a water-soluble salophen and oxalate. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 301, 863–869 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3225-8

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