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Bismuth (0-20 mu g ml(-1)) can be determined spectrophotometrically at 485
nm after its adsorptive extraction from dilute sulfuric acid solution as te
trabutylammonium tetraiodobismuthate(III) on microcrystalline benzophenone
followed by dissolution of the solid phase in ethyl acetate, The effects of
reaction conditions, diverse ions and masking studies are reported, The sy
stem has been applied to the determination of bismuth in pharmaceutical sam
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