Simple Devices for the Measurements of Absorption Spectra at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
Simple Devices for the Measurements of Absorption Spectra at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
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用于测量液-液界面吸收光谱的简单装置
DOI:
10.2116/analsci.10.105
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Yoshito Chida
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文献类型:
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作者:
H. Watarai;Yoshito Chida
Chemical reactions at liquid-liquid interfaces are an attractive subject in analytical sciences, especially in studies of solvent extraction, liquid membrane separation, counter current chromatography and ionselective liquid membrane electrodes. The role of an interface in the solvent extraction of metal ions was demonstrated in our recent work where we employed a high-speed stirring method to gain advantages of an agitated system, a high specific interfacial area and promotion of mass transfer.l The principle of this method is as follows; when the specific interfacial area is large, interfacial adsorption of a solute can result in a significant decrease of the orgaic phase concentration. This concentration decrease can be measured spectrophotometrically after continuous phase separation by use of a Teflon phase separator.2 This method was applied to measurements of extraction rates as well as to interfacial adsorption in various extraction systems. This is, however, an indirect method with respect to detection of interfacial adsorption. Consequently, a direct spectroscopic approach is desired to identify interfacially adsorbed species. Among the methods proposed for measurements of absorption spectra at liquid-liquid interfaces, the total internal reflection method is thought most informative unless the organic phase contains strongly lightabsorbing species.3 Unfortunately, an organic phase encountered in solvent extraction usually contains colored species, and hence the application of this method is limited. Two methods, an optical stir cell method and a Teflon capillary plate method, are proposed in this work for measurements of interfacial absorption spectra. Both devices were invented based on the same principle as the high-speed stirring method's; an increase in the specific interfacial area enlarges the proportion of the interfacial concentration. These methods were successfully applied to measurements of interfacial spectra of tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP) in a toluene/sulfuric acid system.