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Title: Environmental status of cobalt and its microdetermination with 7-nitroso-8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonic acid in waters, aquatic weeds and animal tissues

Journal Article · · Anal. Lett.; (United States)

A method is presented for the spectrophotometric microdetermination of cobalt (II) in fresh waters, aquatic weeds, and animal tissues employing 7-nitroso-8-hydroxy-quinoline-5-sulfonic acid. The method enables direct determination of cobalt (II) in presence of a large number of anions and cations commonly associated with cobalt, and is adequate for determining the metal in the concentration range of 0.001-10 ppm, which is commonly encountered in environmental samples.

Research Organization:
Pondicherry (Central) Univ. (India)
OSTI ID:
6263049
Journal Information:
Anal. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 22:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English