Extractive spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of sulfur dioxide in air
- Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Madras (India)
A sensitive spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of trace amounts of sulfur dioxide (SO{sub 2}) in air after SO{sub 2} has been fixed in a buffered formaldehyde solution. The reaction of iodate with the fixed SO{sub 2} in the presence of an acid an an excess of chloride leads to the formation of ICI{sub 2} ions. The resulting ICI{sub 2} species forms an ion-pair with pararosaniline cation; the product is extracted into isopentyl alcohol and measured spectrophotometrically at 560 nm. The color system obeys Beer`s law over the range 0-40 {mu}g SO{sub 2}. The color is stable for 72 h from the time of extraction. The molar absorption coefficient of the color system is 4.5 {times} 10{sup 3}Lmol{sup {minus}1}cm{sup {minus}1}. The coefficient of variation is 3.6% for 10 determinations at 20 {mu}g SO{sub 2}. The effect of interfering gases on the determination is discussed. The method was applied to the determination of SO{sub 2} at low concentrations, and the results obtained were compared with the widely used West and Gaeke method. The method can be used to determine as low as 2 {mu}g SO{sub 2}. 12 refs., 2 figs., 2 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 443625
- Journal Information:
- Journal of AOAC International, Vol. 75, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Nov-Dec 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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