Abstract
The possibility of the use of simple potentiometric coated-wire sensors in the analysis of mixtures of ions, the determination of which is based on the ion-pairing principle, was studied. Attention was especially paid on the determination of thallium(I) in the presence of alkali metal ions, mercury(II), copper(II) and silver(I). It was found that thallium(I) can selectively be titrated with sodium tetraphenylborate in diluted solutions. Interferences of ions of the alkali metals are practically negligible if their concentrations are lower than 10 −3 mol dm −3. Interference of Cu(II) is minimized using EDTA as a masking agent, Hg(II) and Ag(I) ions are sufficiently screened by additions of sodium cyanide. In mixtures containing higher concentrations of alkali metals, thallium(I) can be oxidized to thallium(III) and selectively titrated as TlCl − 4 with a cationic titrant.
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