Analytical Chemistry

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3.4— Complexation Equilibria The thermodynamic stability of a complex MLn formed from an acceptor metal ion M and ligand groups ...

The Formation of Complexes in Solution It is implied above that all the constituent species from M and L to MLn may exist togeth ...

Figure 3.2 The relation between solution composition and the amount of cyanide added in the Cd2+ + CN– system. are known as chel ...

more positive and the reaction is entropy favoured. Hence the chelate effect may be regarded primarily as an entropy effect with ...

Temperature effects on solubility products are readily assessed as most solubility reactions are clearly seen as endothermic and ...

4 — Separation Techniques If it were possible to identify or quantitatively determine any element or compound by simple measurem ...

All separation techniques involve one or more chemical equilibria, consequently the degree of separation achieved can vary great ...

where square brackets denote concentrations (strictly activities) and KD is known as the equilibrium distribution or partition c ...

If the value of D is known, equation (4.5) is useful for determining the optimum conditions for quantitative transfer. Suppose, ...

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Successive extractions, whilst increasing the efficiency of extraction of both solutes, may lead to a poorer separation. For exa ...

pH Effect Consider the extraction of a carboxylic acid from water into ether. The partition coefficient is given by In water, di ...

Figure 4.1 The effect of pH and complex formation on extracting species. (a) log 10 D against pH for the extraction of benzoic a ...

Substituting for [(RCOOH) 2 ]o in (4.17) and rearranging, If Kdimer is large D becomes larger than KD at low pH, resulting in a ...

The metal chelate distributes itself between the aqueous and organic phases according to the Nernst law and the corresponding di ...

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Equation (4.31), which defines the extraction characteristics for any chelate system, is represented graphically in Figure 4.2 f ...

If n' = n", i.e. the metals have the same formal valency, Assuming that log β should be at least 5 for an essentially quantitati ...

Table 4.3 Typical chelate extraction systems Chelating agent Metals extracted β-diketones e.g. acetylacetone, thenoyltrifluoro-a ...