Ar. Pillai et al., SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF TRACE AMOUNTS OF PALLADIUM(II) USING IODIDE AND RHODAMINE 6G, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. A: Inorganic, physical, theoretical & analytical, 36(4), 1997, pp. 342-343
A sensitive and highly selective procedure for the spectrophotometric
determination of palladium(II) is described. The method is based on th
e formation of ternary ion-association complex, Pd-I--rhodamine 6G, in
a citrate buffered medium. The colour system absorbs maximally at 575
nm with molar absorptivity of 8.2 x 10(4) l mol(-1) cm(-1) and obeys
Beer's law in the range 1-10 mu g. The method has been applied success
fully to the determination of palladium(II) in synthetic mixtures and
in standard palladium activated charcoal.