Published July 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Ammonium vanadate titrimetric method for the determination of uranium in minerals, rocks and natural rain, sea waters by using a new indicator of vanadate-auric reagent II

Creators

  • 1. Research Inst. No.290, South China Bureau of Geological Exploration, Shaoguan, GD (China)

Description

A new sensitive oxidation-reduction indicator of Vanadate-Auric Reagent II(VAR-II) has been synthesized by the author. In acidic aqueous solution VAR-II can be oxidized by V(V), Au(III), Ce(IV), Cr(VI) and Mn(VII) ions to violet colour with sensitivity of about 10-15 g vanadate/ml. The indicator has been applied successfully to the ammonium vanadate titrimetric method for the determination of uranium of 10%-0.0000001% in minerals and rocks and of 0.3-5000000 ng/L in rain, natural and sea waters. The detection limit is 0.6 pg/ml and the relative standard deviation for five determinations of 0.005 ng U 6.2%

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Uranium Geology
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 58-62.
ISSN
1000-0658
CODEN
YODIEX

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