title: Determination of tellurium in copper, lead and selenium by atomic-absorption spectrometry after extraction of the trioctylmethylammonium-tellurium bromide complex.
abstract: A simple, rapid and sensitive combined solvent extraction and atomic-absorption spectrometric method has been developed for the determination of tellurium in copper, lead, selenium and blister copper. Tellurium is extracted as the trioctylmethylammonium-tellurium(IV) bromide complex into butyl acetate and determined by flame atomic-absorption spectrometry of the extract. As little as 1 mug of tellurium in a sample can be determined. The extraction of tellurium from hydrobromic acid solution with trioctylamine has also been investigated.
authors.affiliation: The Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd., Central Research Laboratory, 2-9-15, Futaba, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsukahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto