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First- And Second-Derivative Spectrophotometry For Simultaneous Determination Of Copper And Cobalt By 1-(2-Pyridylazo)-2-Naphthol In Tween 80 Micellar Solutions, Habibollah Eskandari, Ali Ghanbari Saghseloo, Mansour Arab Chamjangali

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

1-(2-Pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) has been used for the simultaneous determination of copper and cobalt at trace levels. PAN at pH 1.89 forms red and green complexes with copper and cobalt, respectively, which are soluble in aqueous Tween 80 micellar media and are stable for at least 3 days. Under optimum conditions, calibration graphs were obtained for individual determination of copper and cobalt by zero- and first-derivative spectrophotometry and for simultaneous determination by first- and second-derivative spectrophotometry. Zero-crossing first-derivative spectrophotometry at 555 and 581 nm for cobalt and copper was used for the simultaneous determination, respectively. The second derivative method at 577 …