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Talanta. 1972 Feb;19(2):197-202. doi: 10.1016/0039-9140(72)80189-9.

Rapid separation and determination of mercury.

Talanta

I Kressin

Affiliations

  1. University of California, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, U.S.A.

PMID: 18961039 DOI: 10.1016/0039-9140(72)80189-9

Abstract

An analytical procedure is described for the separation of mercury(II) by extraction into n-octanol from sulphuric acid solution and then back-extraction as the tetraiodo complex. The mercury is determined by measuring the absorbance of this complex at 322 nm (molar absorptivity 1.95 x 10(3) l.mole(-1).cm(-1)). The procedure is applicable to samples containing copper; the effects of a wide variety of other impurities are tabulated.

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