2,3,7-Trihydroxyfluorones immobilized on cellulose matrices in test methods for determining rare elements

Abstract

It was shown that 2,3,7-trihydroxyfluorones immobilized by adsorption on cellulose matrices can be used as reagents for the test determination of Mo(VI), Ti(IV), Ge(IV), Hf(IV), Nb(V), Ta(V), W(VI), Bi(III), V(IV), and Zr(IV). The change of the protolytic and complexing properties of trihydroxyfluorones immobilized on cellulose matrices was considered in comparison to corresponding properties in a solution. It was found that the reactions of trihydroxyfluorones with rare elements on cellulose matrices and in a solution exhibit similar effects upon the addition of cetylpyridinium. These effects are the bathochromic shift of the absorption maxima of the reagents and their complexes with analytes and the extension of the range of optimum acidity for complex formation. The complexation of salicylfluorones with the titanium(IV) in solution and on cellulose paper was studied by IR spectrometry. Phenylfluorone immobilized on a mixed-fiber cloth as used in test determinations of (mg/L) 0.05–5 Ti(IV), V(IV), Hf(IV), Nb(V), and Mo(VI); 0.01–5 Ge(IV) and Zr(IV); 0.05–1 Bi(III) and W(VI); and 0.1–5 Ta(V) by the color intensity of the indicator matrix after passing through 20 mL of a test solution. It was shown that phenylfluorone immobilized on cellulose paper can be used to determine (mg/L) 0.05–50 Ti(IV), 0.5–1000 Ge(IV), 0.5–500 Zr(IV), 5–200 Bi(III), 0.1–50 Mo(VI), 0.1–1000 V(IV), 0.1–100 Nb(V), 0.1–800 Hf(IV), 1–100 Ta(V), and 1–800 W(VI) by the length of the colored zone of a test strip after it was brought into contact with a test solution.