Determination of BrO3−by Flow Injection Analysis with 5-Br-PADAP AND SCN−

Abstract
An original method is established to determine microamounts of BrO3 in KC103 by flow injection analysis. A cooperative reaction mechanism is also proposed based on the formation of a red-violet and metastable triatomic ion association 5-Br-PADAPH2 2.BrO3 . SCN, which shows maximum absorbence at 550 nm. The method offers the advantages of simplicity, rapidity and sensitivity. Beer's law obeyed from 0.25 to 2.56μg/mL of BrO3 , and 90 determinations per hour is permitted under optimized variables by a modified simplex method.