Determination of vanadium in ore samples by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry.
An atomic-absorption method is described for the determination of vanadium in ores. With a nitrous oxide-acetylene flame and 200 ppm of Al(3+) added to the sample, a sensitivity of 0.2 ppm for 1% absorption can be obtained. Iron above 0.015M interferes but can be extracted into isopropyl ether from 8M hydrochloric acid; the hydrochloric add itself then interferes and must be removed by evaporation.
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Department of Mines, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile Santiago, Chile.