Abstract
Present study describes the development of a rapid, sensitive and selective flow injection analysis of hydrazine in the aqueous streams of purex process by liquid chromatography system coupled with UV-Visible detector. The method is based on the formation of yellow coloured azine complex by reaction of hydrazine with para-dimethy laminobenzaldehyde (pDMAB). The formed yellow coloured complex is stable in acidic medium and has a maximum absorption at 460 nm. The presence of uranium in hydrazine solution is not interfering in the analysis. Under optimum condition, the absorption intensity linearly increased with the concentration of hydrazine in the range from 0.05-10 mg?L–1 with a correlation coefficient of R2=0.9999 (n=7). The experimental detection limit is 0.05mgL–1. The sampling frequency is 15 samples h–1 and the relative standard deviation was 2.1% for 0.05 mg?L–1. This method is suitable for automatic and continuous analysis and successfully applied to determine the concentration of hydrazine in the aqueous stream of nuclear fuel reprocessing.
Highlights
Hydrazine and its derivatives have been used in industries, agriculture and other fields, including photographic development, oxygen scavenging, rocketry, explosives, and insecticides and blowing agents for plastics [1]
Present study describes the development of a rapid, sensitive and selective flow injection analysis of hydrazine in the aqueous streams of purex process by liquid chromatography system coupled with UV-Visible detector
The complex is stable in acidic medium and has maximum absorption at 460 nm which was detected by lambda 1010 UV-VIS detector with 10 mm optical path length
Summary
Hydrazine and its derivatives have been used in industries, agriculture and other fields, including photographic development, oxygen scavenging, rocketry, explosives, and insecticides and blowing agents for plastics [1]. In nuclear fuel reprocessing industry hydrazine is used as a stabilizing reagent to keep uranium and plutonium in a stable oxidation state [2]. It acts as a scavenger for nitrous acid which is responsible for converting U (IV) and Pu (III) to U (VI) and Pu (IV), respectively [3]. Flow Injection Analysis of Hydrazine in the Aqueous Streams of Purex Process by Liquid. The developed method is applicable for all trace level as well as higher concentration of hydrazine in the aqueous streams and the results were compared with the standard methods
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