Abstract
A novel method is proposed for the solvent extraction of niobium(V). A 0.1 M solution of Aliquat 336S in xylene quantitatively extracts microgram quantities of niobium(V) from 0.01 M ascorbic acid at pH 3.5–6.5. Niobium from the organic phase is stripped with 0.5 M nitric acid and determined spectrophotometrically in the aqueous phase as its complex with TAR. The method permits separation of niobium not only from tantalum(V) but also from vanadium(IV), titanium(IV), zirconium(IV), thorium(IV), chromium(III), molybdenum(VI), uranium(VI), iron(III), etc. Niobium from stainless steel was determined with a precision of 0.42%.
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