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Spectrophotometric determination of osmium using o-hydroxythiobenzhydrazide

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Osmium(VI) forms a violet complex witho-hydroxythiobenzhydrazide in the pH range 5.4–6.4. The complex is readily extractable in chloroform to give a violet solution which can be employed for the photometry of osmium. The extract shows maximal absorption at 540–550 nm and obeys Beer's law over the concentration range 1.44–14.40μg Os ml−1.μg amounts of osmium can be determined witho-hydroxythiobenzhydrazide in the presence of considerable amounts of diverse ions commonly associated with the metal using EDTA as the masking agent. However, gold should be removed prior to the determination of osmium with the reagent. The molar extinction coefficient of the complex and the Sandell sensitivity are 1.18×104 l mole−1 cm−1 and 0.016μg cm−2 respectively.

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Osmium(VI) bildet mit o-Hydroxythiobenzhydrazid zwischen pH 5,4 und 6,4 eine violette Komplexverbindung. Diese läßt sich mit Chloroform gut extrahieren. Die violette Lösung eignet sich für die photometrische Bestimmung des Osmiums, zeigt maximale Absorption bei 540–550 nm und entspricht zwischen 1,44 und 14,40μg Os/ml dem Beerschen Gesetz. Mikrogrammengen Osmium können so neben erheblichen Mengen verschiedener anderer Begleitionen nach deren Maskierung mit ÄDTA bestimmt werden. Gold jedoch muß vorher entfernt werden. Der molare Extinktionskoeffizient beträgt 1,18×104 l · Mol−1 · cm−1, die Empfindlichkeit nach Sandell 0,016μg · cm−2.

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Gangopadhyay, P.K., Shome, S.C. Spectrophotometric determination of osmium using o-hydroxythiobenzhydrazide. Mikrochim Acta 67, 173–179 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01196543

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