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A rapid spectrophotometric method for measuring arsenic in water after enrichment of arsenomolybdate on polyurethane foam and complexation with Rhodamine B

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Title A rapid spectrophotometric method for measuring arsenic in water after enrichment of arsenomolybdate on polyurethane foam and complexation with Rhodamine B
 
Creator Sinha, Prasanta Kumar
Majumdar, Anish Kumar
Kundu, Dipali
 
Subject Environment and Pollution
 
Description Simple, rapid and accurate spectrophotometric method is presented for the determination of arsenic in water. The method is based on the preconcentration of arsenomolybdate on polyurethane foam followed by its elution in acetone and formation of ion association complex of arsenomolybdate with Rhodamine B. The absorbance of the complex is measured at 560 inn. The colour system obeys Beer's law from 0.5-5.0 ng mL(-1) of arsenic. The detection limit has been found to be 0.10 ng mL(-1) of As. The molar absorptivity was found to be 2.25 x 10(6) L mol(-1) cm(-1). Under optimized conditions, the proposed method was applied to the determination of arsenic present in surface and ground water samples collected from lakes and tube wells. The method has been applied successfully to determine arsenic in NIST standard water sample and the result is in good agreement with the certified value.
 
Publisher Indian Chemical Society
 
Date 2013-06
 
Type Article
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Identifier Sinha, Prasanta Kumar and Majumdar, Anish Kumar and Kundu, Dipali (2013) A rapid spectrophotometric method for measuring arsenic in water after enrichment of arsenomolybdate on polyurethane foam and complexation with Rhodamine B. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 90 (6). pp. 777-782. ISSN 0019-4522
 
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