Semimicrodetermination of tantalum with selenous acid

Analytical Chemistry
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Abstract

Tantalum is separated and determined gravimetrically by precipitation with selenous acid from a highly acidic solution containing oxalic and tartaric acids. The method is selective for the determination of up to 30 mg. of tantalum pentoxide, and tolerates relatively large amounts of scandium, yttrium, cerium, titanium, zirconium, thorium, vanadium, niobium, molybdenum, tungsten, uranium, iron, aluminum, gallium, tin, lead, antimony, and bismuth. The separation of tantalum from niobium and titanium is not strictly quantitative, and correction is made colorimetrically for the small amounts of niobium and titanium co-precipitating with the tantalum. The method was applied to the determination of tantalum in tantaloniobate ores.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Semimicrodetermination of tantalum with selenous acid
Series title Analytical Chemistry
DOI 10.1021/ac60144a056
Volume 30
Issue 12
Year Published 1958
Language English
Publisher ACS Publications
Description 4 p.
First page 2046
Last page 2049
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