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GRAVIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF TUNGSTEN BY HOMOGENEOUS PRECIPITATION

Journal Article · · Talanta (England)
A homogeneous precipitation method was developed for the gravimetric determination of tungsten, by thermal decomposition of soluble peroxytungstate from a nitric acidhydrogen peroxide solution. It appears that in all cases, especially for small concentrations, the tungsten recovery is superior to the classical techniques using cinchonine or beta -naphthoquinoline. Furthermore, co-precipitation of molybdenum and vanadium are reduced to a considerable extent. The study of the co-precipitation process shows that the distribution coefficients foilow a linear pattern for both contaminants. The method was tested with good results on a number of standard tungsten alloy steels, corrections for incomplete precipitation and co-precipitation being applied on the basis of the experimentally found values. (auth)
Research Organization:
Universiteit, Ghent
NSA Number:
NSA-15-030614
OSTI ID:
4841018
Journal Information:
Talanta (England), Journal Name: Talanta (England) Vol. Vol: 8; ISSN TLNTA
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English