Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 21(10), 1213 (2005).
Kinetic Determination of Thiocyanate on the Basis of Its Catalytic Effect on the Oxidation of Methylene Blue with Potassium Bromate
Masoud Reza SHISHEHBORE,* Navid NASIRIZADEH,** and Ali Asghar KERDEGARI*
*Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University (Yazd), Yazd, 89195-155, Iran
**Department of Chemistry, Yazd University, Yazd, 89195-741, Iran
**Department of Chemistry, Yazd University, Yazd, 89195-741, Iran
This study reports a sensitive kinetic spectrophotometric method for the determination of trace amounts of thiocyanate. In acidic solution, Methylene Blue (MB) is oxidized by bromate to form a colorless compound. The reaction is accelerated by trace amounts of thiocyanate and can be followed by measuring the absorbance at 664 nm. The absorbance of the reaction decreased with an increase in the reaction time. Under the optimum experimental conditions (0.56 M of sulfuric acid, 3.9 × 10-5 M of MB, 3.0 × 10-3 M of bromate, 180 s, 25°C), thiocyanate can be determined in the range 5.0 - 180 ng/ml. The relative standard deviations (n = 8) are 2.81 and 1.43% for 10.0 and 150 ng/ml thiocyanate, respectively. The detection limit of this method is (3 σ) 3.8 ng/ml. This method was successfully applied to the determination of thiocyanate in real samples.
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