• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.1495-1500
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• 2003

Equilibria and applications of a synergistic extraction were studied for the determination of a trace lithium by using thenoyltrifluoroacetone (TTA) and trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) as ligands. Several equations were derived for the extraction of lithium into m-xylene as a phase of Li-TTA·mTOPO adduct. Distribution coefficients and extraction constant were determined together with a stability constant of the adduct. The adduct was quantitatively extracted from the basic solution of higher than pH 9 by shaking for 30 minutes. m-Xylene was selected as an optimum solvent by comparing the extraction efficiency among several kinds of organic solvents. The stability constant (${\Beta}_2$) for Li-TTA/2TOPO was 150 times higher than Li-TTA/TOPO. The distribution coefficient of Li-TTA/2TOPO into m-xylene was 9.12 and the logarithmic extraction constant (log $K_{ex}$) was 6.76. Trace lithium of sub-ppm level in seawater samples could be determined under modified conditions and a detection limit equivalent to 3 times standard deviation for background absorption was 0.42 ng/mL.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.433-438
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• 1997

The enhancing effect of n-octanol on the fluorescence intensity of the $Eu^{3+}$-thenoyltrifluoroacetone(TTA) system in the presence of Triton X-100 was studied using spectrofluorometric method. This complex exhibited very intense $Eu^{3+}$ ion fluorescence at 619nm, when optically excited at 345nm. Optimum conditions for the determination of n-octanol have also been investigated. The calibration graph was linear over the range $1{\times}10^{-5}M{\sim}1{\times}10^{-7}M$ and the detection limit for n-octanol is $1{\times}10^{-9}M$. The result obtained in the analysis of the synthetic sample agreed with the known value in the error range and the relative standard deviation was ca. 3.5%.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.623-625
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• 2002

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.23 no.10
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• pp.1456-1458
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• 2002

A simple, sensitive and selective determination method of oxalate has been investigated based on the fluorescence enhancement of $Eu^{3+}$-TTA complex due to the formation of $Eu^{3+}$-TTA-oxalate ternary complex. An emission peak of $Eu^{3+}$-TTA, which is increased linearly with addition of oxalate, occurs at 610 nm in aqueous solution with excitation at 306 nm. The linear range of the calibration curve is 1 ${\times}$$10^{-6}$-8 ${\times}$$10^{-6}$ M and the detection limit is 1 ${\times}$$10^{-6}$ M. The effects of foreign ions were studied. The present method was applied to determine oxalate of two synthetic samples.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.307-314
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• 1997

Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry(ICP/AES) was used for the determination of uranium and thorium in geological materials. Samples were predecomposed by mixed acid digestion technique. The separation of the uranium and thorium was achieved by systematic solvent extraction with TTA(thenoyltrifluoroacetone) and TOA (tri-n-octylamine) and back extraction into HCl. The results for standard rock sample, NIST SRM 278, showed a good agreement with those certified from NIST as well as found values by other non-destructive techniques. Additional purification for extracted portions was carried out by anion exchange chromatography for measurement of several natural radioisotopes of uranium and thorium by alpha spectrometry.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.38 no.9
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• pp.653-659
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• 1994

The fluorescence intensities of europium and samarium can be greatly enhanced in the presence 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone(TTA), n-octanol and Triton X-100 in aqueous solution of pH 7. It was also found that the fluorescence intensity can be greatly increased by the addition of excess of $La^{3+}$. The excitation and emission wavelengths of europium and samarium were 345 nm, 380 nm and 617 nm, 567 nm, respectively. The fluorescence intensity was a linear function of the concentration of europium and samarium in the range TEX>$1{\times}10^{-7}∼1{\tiems}10^{-9}\;M,\;1{\tiems}10^{-5}∼1{\times}10^{-7}\;M$, respectively, and the detection limits were 1$1{\times}10^{-11}\;M$ for europium and $1{\times}10^{-8}\;M$ for samarium and the luminescence mechanism of the system is discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.840-848
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• 1992

An ionizable macrocyclic ligand, diaza-18-crown-6-diisopropionic acid(K22DAP) has been synthesized. Protonation constants of this compound and stability constants with some lanthanides were determined by potentiometric titration method. The protonation constants are log$K_1$ = 9.05, log$K_2$ = 8.37, log$K_3$ = 1.88 and log$K_4$ = 0.99. The logarithmic values of stability constants with La(III), Nd(III), Gd(III) and Lu(III) are 11.14, 11.43, 11.74 and 10.88 respectively. Extraction behavior of Ln(III) ion was investigated using TTA(thenoyltrifluoroacetone) as extractant in the presence of K22DAP as macrocyclic ionophore. It was observed that Ln(K22DAP)TTA is the dominating species in aqueous complexes of La(III) and Nd(III).

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.180-183
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• 2004

A simple and sensitive determination method of histidine has been investigated using the spectrofluorometry. An emission peak of $Eu^{3+}$ - TTA- histidine complex occurs at 470 nm in aquous solution with excitation at 235 nm and the fluorescence intensity increased linearly with addition of histidine in the range of $1{\times}10^{-7}-4{\times}10^{-6}M$. The detection limits was $5{\times}10^{-7}M$ with 3.5% RSD. The present method was applied to determine histidine content in the synthetic sample.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.479-483
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• 1995

The synergistic extraction of palladium(Ⅱ) was studied with 1,2-dichloroethane containing thenoyltrifluoroacetone (TTA; HA) and tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO; S). The main composition of synergistic adduct extracted into 1,2-dichloroethane phase was found to be PdA2S2. The equilibrium constants of the synergistic reaction were calculated. The application of this method to synthetic mixture for the separation of Pd from Pt was developed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.855-859
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• 2000

An application of synergistic solvent extraction for the etermination of trace lithium in sea water has been studied by forming an adduct complex of thenoyltrifluoroacetone (TTA) and trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) in a solvent. The interference by major constituents in sea water was eliminated by phosphate precipitation. Ex-perimental conditions such as solution pH, concentrations of TTA and TOPO etc. were optimized in synthetic sea water with similar compositionto its natural counterpart. To eliminate the interference, 1.38g of ammoni-um dihydrogen phosphate and 2.5 mL of ammonia water were added into 100 mL of thediluted solution at $60^{\circ}C$ to form the phosphate precipitates of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions. After the pH of this filtrate was adjusted to 8.0, 10.0 mL of m-xylene containing 0.1 M TTA and 0.05 M TOPO was added to the solution in a separatory funnel, and the solution was shaken vigorously for 20 minutes. The solvent was separated from the aqueous solution, and 20 uL of m-xylene solution was injected into a gaphite tube to measure the absorbance by GF-AAS. The detection limit was 0.42 ng/mL. Lithium was determined within the range of 146 to 221 ng/mLin Korean coast-al sea waters, and the recoveries in the spiked samples were 94 to 106%.