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[en] A method of the separation with anion-exchange chromatography and of the coulometric detection of uranium in seawater was investigated. The size of the separation column used was 9 mm in inside diameter and 100 mm in length, and strong basic anion-exchange resin (Hitachi No. 2632) of carbonate form was packed in the column. A concentrator with two mini-columns in which the same resin was packed was applied for the preconcentration of uranium in seawater containing 20 g of potassium thiocyanate and 10 ml of hydrochloric acid per liter. Good result was obtained when a mixed solution of sodium carbonate (0.12 mol/l), sodium bicarbonate (0.08 mol/l), sodium bisulfite (0.03 mol/l) and sodium chloride (0.5 mol/l) was used as an eluent for the separation of uranium from vanadium. Sodium bisulfite was of use for dropping the background current based on an electrochemical reduction of dissolved oxygen. Sodium bicarbonate acted as an eliminator of an unknown peak by its bufferise effect. The optimum working electrode potential for the detection was -1.45 V vs. ferri-ferrocyanide. The detection limit was 3.2 x 10-10 mol (80 ngU). The coefficient of variation at 3.0 ppb was about 4% (n=5) for seawater analysis. And the analysis time was approximately 1.5 hours. (author)
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Nippon Kaisui Gakkai-Shi; ISSN 0369-4550;
; v. 33(6); p. 337-342

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ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS, ACTINIDES, ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS, CARBON COMPOUNDS, CARBONATES, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, CHLORIDES, CHLORINE COMPOUNDS, CHROMATOGRAPHY, ELEMENTS, HALIDES, HALOGEN COMPOUNDS, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, METALS, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, SEPARATION PROCESSES, SODIUM COMPOUNDS, TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS, WATER
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