New titrants for perchlorate and fluoroborate.
Three new titrants have been evaluated for the precipitation titration of perchlorate: cetylpyridinum chloride (CPC), cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CETAC), and benzyldimethyltetradecylammonium chloride (BDTAC). CETAC yielded the highest precision and largest potentiometric break, closely followed by CPC. BDTAC produced considerably lower precision and smaller breaks. Fluoroborate was similarly determined with CPC and CETAC. Again CETAC yielded the highest precision and largest potentiometric break. Titrations were monitored with a fluoroborate ion-selective indicator electrode and a double-junction reference electrode. The perchlorate and nitrate ISEs may also be used for monitoring the emf. Both titrants are considerably less expensive than equivalent amounts of the commonly used tetraphenylarsonium chloride titrant.
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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550, U.S.A.