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A new and very sensitive and selective chromogenic reagent, 2-methylthiophenyldiazoaminoa-zobenzene (MTDAA), was synthesized and studied in detail for the determination of trace mercury(II) in water samples. The method is based on the color reaction between MTDAA and mercury(II). It was found that mercury(II) reacts with MTDAA in Na2B4O7-NaOH buffer solution (pH = 10.0) to form 1 : 2 red complexes; these show maximum absorption at 520 nm. Beer’s law is obeyed in 0–15 µg of mercury(II) in 25 mL of solution. The apparent molar absorptivity of the complex is 1.33 × 105 L/(mol cm); its limit of quantification, limit of detection, and relative standard deviation are 0.75 ng/mL, 0.27 ng/mL, and 1.0%, respectively, giving better sensitivity. The influence of the reaction variables and the effect of interfering ions are reported; most of the metal ions in water samples can be tolerated in considerable amounts. Only a few ions can interfere with the determination of trace mercury(II), but these can be eliminated by prior extraction. The proposed method is sensitive, simple, and rapid. It has been applied to the determination of trace mercury(II) in water samples with satisfactory results.
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From Zhurnal Analiticheskoi Khimii, Vol. 60, No. 7, 2005, pp. 703–706.
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Guo, Y., Din, B., Tian, M. et al. The Color Reaction of Mercury(II) with the New Reagent 2-Methylthiophenyldiazoaminoazobenzene and Its Application. J Anal Chem 60, 625–628 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10809-005-0149-z
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