Separate spectrophotometric determination of gadolinium and dysprosium in binary mixtures by phthalexones using nomogram

The possibility has been shown of using different-ligand complexes of rare earths with phthalexones and cetylpyridinium for differential spectrophotometric determination of rare earths in mixtures. The molar absorptivities of individual components of a mixture are not constant values if the total mixture concentration changes. The application of an equation for calculation of mixture absorbances makes it possible to change concentration of the components in mixtures over a wide range (the limit Me1:Me2 ratio is 1:50). Simultaneous nomographic determinations of gadolinium and dysprosium in their mixtures were carried out