Determination of silver in soils, sediments, and rocks by organic-chelate extraction and atomic absorption spectrophotometry
Analytica Chimica Acta
By: T. T. Chao, J. W. Ball, and H. M. Nakagawa
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Abstract
A useful method for the determination of silver in soil, sediment, and rock samples in geochemical exploration has been developed. The sample is digested with concentrated nitric acid, and the silver extracted with triisooctyl thiophosphate (TOTP) in methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) after dilution of the acid digest to approximately 6 M. The extraction of silver into the organic extractant is quantitative and not affected by the nitric acid concentration from 4 M to 8 M, or by different volumes of TOTP-MIBK. The extracted silver is stable and remains in the organic phase up to several days. The silver concentration is determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Determination of silver in soils, sediments, and rocks by organic-chelate extraction and atomic absorption spectrophotometry |
| Series title | Analytica Chimica Acta |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0003-2670(01)81856-0 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1971 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 77 |
| Last page | 81 |
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