Abstract:
Under the condition of 0.04 mol/LH
2SO
4 medium at 80℃ oxalic acid has catalytic effect on the fluorescense quenching reaction of rhodamine B oxidized by K
2Cr
27. Tap water cooling was selected for quenching the reaction. The effect of various factors on catalytic determination of oxalic acid has been studied spectrophotofluorimetrically. Among the media ofH
2SO
4, HCl and H
3PO
4, oxalic acid inH
2SO
4 has the most catalytic activity. The value of log(Fb/Fc) is increasing with the increase of the concentration of K
2Cr
27 in the range of 0~1.0×10
-3 mol/L. The value of log(Fb/Fc) increases slowly when the concentration of K
2Cr
27 is more than 1.0×10
-3 mol/L. A concentration of 1.25×10
-3 mol/L K
2Cr
27 was chosen for use. Rhodamine B is the most sensitivity indicator among rhodamine B, rhodamine S and butylrhodamine B. The value of log(Fb/Fc) is maximum when the concentration of rhodamine B is at 4.0×10
-6 mol/L. The optimum reaction temperature is at 80℃ and the reaction time is 8 minutes. 23 kinds of co existence substances which effect on the catalytic spectrophotofluorimetric determination of 1 μg/mL oxalic acid have been studied. The results show that most common substances do not interfere to the determination. A new catalytic spectrophotfluorimetric method has been descrided for the determination of 0.03~3μg/mL oxalic acid. The method has been applied to the analysis of oxalic acid in urine sample with satisfactory results.