title: Spectrophotometric determination of trace copper with a Cu-diethyldithiocarbamate-beta-cyclodextrin colour system.
abstract: A simple, selective and accurate spectrophotometric method for determination of trace copper with diethyldithiocarbamate(DDTC) in the presence of beta-cyclodextrin(beta-CD) in ammonia media has been developed. The apparent molar absorptivity of Cu(II)-DDTC-beta-CD inclusion complex is 1.3 x 10(4) 1 . mole(-1) . cm(-1) at 436 nm, and Beer's law is obeyed for copper in the range 0-150 mug/25 ml. The detection limit is 4.38 x 10(-7)M(S/N = 3). The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of copper in aluminium alloys, soils, millet, wheat flour, herbs, vegetables and some traditional Chinese herbal medicines with satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen