Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Molybdenum in Steels and Environmental Samples

An extractive spectrophotometric method has been developed for microdetermination of molybdenum. At room temperature Mo(VI) was reduced to Mo(V) in 2 M H2SO4 using ascorbic acid as a reductant. The Mo(V) formed a yellow-coloured (1 : 2) complex with 6-chloro-3-hydroxy-2-(3′-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4H-1...

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Main Authors: Rameshwar Dass, Jitander K. Kapoor, Sunita Gambhir
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/420768
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description An extractive spectrophotometric method has been developed for microdetermination of molybdenum. At room temperature Mo(VI) was reduced to Mo(V) in 2 M H2SO4 using ascorbic acid as a reductant. The Mo(V) formed a yellow-coloured (1 : 2) complex with 6-chloro-3-hydroxy-2-(3′-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran (CHHB). The complex was quantitatively extracted into toluene and absorbed maximum at λmax 404 nm. Beer’s law was obeyed over the concentration range of 2.31 μg Mo ml−1 with a molar absorptivity and Sandell's sensitivity of 5.62×104 L mol−1 cm−1 and 0.0016 μg Mo cm−2, respectively. The relative standard deviation was 0.0025 (in absorbance units) for 10 replicate determinations of 1 μg Mo ml−1. The method was free from the interference of large number of analytically important elements. Molybdenum has been determined satisfactorily in different technical, synthetic, and environmental samples with improved accuracy and precision.
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spelling doaj-art-b1bfa1b8f6164437b76a1abf27bdf28c2025-08-20T02:23:35ZengWileyJournal of Chemistry2090-90632090-90712013-01-01201310.1155/2013/420768420768Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Molybdenum in Steels and Environmental SamplesRameshwar Dass0Jitander K. Kapoor1Sunita Gambhir2Department of Industrial Chemistry, Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana 135001, IndiaDepartment of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana 136119, IndiaDepartment of Chemistry, Arya Kanya Mahavidyalya, Shahabad (M), Haryana 136135, IndiaAn extractive spectrophotometric method has been developed for microdetermination of molybdenum. At room temperature Mo(VI) was reduced to Mo(V) in 2 M H2SO4 using ascorbic acid as a reductant. The Mo(V) formed a yellow-coloured (1 : 2) complex with 6-chloro-3-hydroxy-2-(3′-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran (CHHB). The complex was quantitatively extracted into toluene and absorbed maximum at λmax 404 nm. Beer’s law was obeyed over the concentration range of 2.31 μg Mo ml−1 with a molar absorptivity and Sandell's sensitivity of 5.62×104 L mol−1 cm−1 and 0.0016 μg Mo cm−2, respectively. The relative standard deviation was 0.0025 (in absorbance units) for 10 replicate determinations of 1 μg Mo ml−1. The method was free from the interference of large number of analytically important elements. Molybdenum has been determined satisfactorily in different technical, synthetic, and environmental samples with improved accuracy and precision.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/420768
spellingShingle Rameshwar Dass
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Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Molybdenum in Steels and Environmental Samples
Journal of Chemistry
title Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Molybdenum in Steels and Environmental Samples
title_full Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Molybdenum in Steels and Environmental Samples
title_fullStr Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Molybdenum in Steels and Environmental Samples
title_full_unstemmed Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Molybdenum in Steels and Environmental Samples
title_short Extractive Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Molybdenum in Steels and Environmental Samples
title_sort extractive spectrophotometric method for determination of molybdenum in steels and environmental samples
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/420768
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