Direct Spectrophotometric Determination of Lead (II) in Industrial Samples using 1, 3-Benzenediamine, N, N'-bis(2-furanylmethylene) in Presence of Surfactant

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Chemistry Department Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

2 Chemistry Department Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

3 Chemistry Department Faculty of Science, Banha University, Banha, Egypt

Abstract

Schiff's base are one of the excellent chelating agents that used for the spectrophotometric determination of metal ions. It was observed that 1, 3-Benzenediamine, N,N'-bis(2-furanylmethylene) (BDFM) formed a brown colored complex with lead (II) at 620 nm. Lead (II) was chelated with the Schiff's base (BDFM) in acidic medium at pH = 3.5 using acetate buffer in presence of sodium laureth sulfate (SLS) as a surfactant. The effect of time, temperature and foreign ions were studied. The stoichiometric composition of the formed complex was found to be 1:2 (metal: ligand) by Job's method of continuous variation. Beer's law was obeyed in the range of 10-110 μg mL-1 with molar absorptivity 10.16×103 L mol-1cm-1. The proposed method was applied for the determination of lead in gasoline, solders, gutters and wastewater.