Spectrophotometric determination of microamounts of yttrium with 1-amino-4-hydroxyanthraquinone

Abstract

1-amino-4-hydroxyanthraquinone (AMHA) is proposed as a spectrophotometric reagent for the determination of yttrium. The solution equilibria ofAMHA complexes with Y(III) have been studied spectrophotometrically in 50% (v/v) ethanol at 25°C and an ionic strength ofI=0.1 mol·dm−3 (NaClO4). The complexation reactions were investigated and characterized using graphical logarithmic analysis of the absorbance graphs. The composition, molar absorptivities, and stability constants of the chelates ofAMHA with Y(III) have been determined spectrophotometrically. A simple, rapid, selective, and sensitive method for the spectrophotometric determination of microamounts of Y(III) is developed based on the formation of the violet YLH+ complex with λmax=580nm atpH 6.2(e=0.98×104l·mol−1·cm−1). Interferences and their elimination have been studied. Many foreign ions are tolerated in considerable amounts; 45–60 fold amounts of rare earths do not interfere with the determination of yttrium. In the determination of yttrium in synthetic polymetallic samples the relative error and relative standard deviation of the method were found to be better than 1 and 0.5%, respectively.