A method for the determination of vanadium and iron oxidation states in naturally occurring oxides and silicates

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Abstract

A valence-specific analytical method for determining V3+ in ore minerals has been developed that involves two steps: dissolution of a mineral sample without disturbing the V3+/Vtot ratio, followed by determination of V3+ in the presence of V4+. The samples are dissolved in a mixture of hydrofluoric and sulphuric acids at 100° in Teflon-lined reaction vessels. Tervalent vanadium is then determined colorimetrically by formation of a V3+-thiocyanate complex in aqueous-acetone medium. Fe3+ is measured semi-quantitatively in the same solution. The method has been tested with two naturally occurring samples containing vanadium and iron. The results obtained were supported by those obtained by other methods, including electron spin resonance spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and Mössbauer spectroscopy.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title A method for the determination of vanadium and iron oxidation states in naturally occurring oxides and silicates
Series title Talanta
DOI 10.1016/0039-9140(85)80105-3
Volume 32
Issue 5
Year Published 1985
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Description 4 p.
First page 395
Last page 398
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