K. Fytianos et al., SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF ANIONIC SURFACTANTS IN AQUEOUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES WITH CATIONIC DYES, Journal of environmental science and health. Part A: Environmental science and engineering, 32(4), 1997, pp. 953-962
The applicatiliby of the extractive spectrophotometric method using th
ree different cationic dyes as the chromogenic reagent for indentifica
tion and quantification of anionic surfactants in aqueous solutions an
d environmental samples was comparatively investigated. The inteferenc
es due to the ions Cl-, NO3-, Ca++, Mg++ and Fe3+ were examined as wel
l as the effect of pH. The recoveries ranged from 95 to 104% for sea w
ater samples.