Spectrophotometric Determination of Trace Amounts of Vanadium(Ⅴ) by Means of Its Catalytic Effect on Oxidation of Azomethine-H by Bromate

摘要

A new selective and sensitive kinetic method for determination of trace amounts of vanadium(Ⅴ) (0.5～40ng/ml) based on its catalytic effect on the oxidation of azomethine H by bromate at pH 4.2 and 25 ℃ was reported and its reaction mechanism was studied.The reaction was monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring the increase in absorbance of oxidation product of azomethine H at 436 nm after a fixed time ( 5 min ).The detection limit of the method is down to 2.0×10 -10 g/ml and the relative standard deviation (RSD) for 30 ng/ml of V(Ⅴ) is 0.26 % ( n =6). The effect of foreign ions on V(Ⅴ) determination was also discussed,and the method is mostly free from interferences of other ions.The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of trace amounts of vanadium in water samples.