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Determination of phosphates by reduction of molybdophosphoric acid with hydrazine in the presence of Fe(III) salts

J. Malý and H. Fadrus

Vodohospodarska Sprava Mesta Brna, Brno

Abstract: The effect of Fe³⁺ on phosphate detn. by the Mo blue method was studied photometrically. The method of Hague and Bright (CA 35: 50602) was selected with redn. by N₂H₄.H₂SO₄. The optimum acidity for the redn. of Fe³+ and for the development of Mo blue were detd. and incorporated into Haque's method. The acidity was maintained by the addn. of 0.24M Na₂SO₃ and 1.4N H₂SO₄. With this modification, 0-0.100 mg. P in 100 ml. can be detd. in the presence of 1000-fold more Fe³⁺ than P or 100 mg. Fe/100 ml. This procedure can be applied in the analyses of silicates, soil, and sediments of waste waters where the amts. of Fe are much higher than P.

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Chemical Papers 21 (3) 145–156 (1967)