FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (18): 223-225.

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Spectrophotometric Determination of Trace Copper in Food Grains with Eriochrome Black T

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  • Received:2011-07-18 Revised:2012-07-22 Online:2012-09-25 Published:2012-09-07

Abstract: A new spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of trace Cu (Ⅱ) in food grains based on the fact that eriochrome black T (EBT) can form a pink color complex with Cu (Ⅱ) in the presence of H2B4O7-KCl-NaOH medium at pH 10.0. The best color development results were obtained by allowing the reaction to proceed for 20 min in the presence of 2.5 mL of the color developer. The formed complex showed maximum absorption at 540 nm and an apparent molar absorption coefficient of 2.99 × 104 L/(mol·cm). Over the range of 0-1.2μg/mL Cu (Ⅱ) solution obeyed Beer,s law. The results obtained for Cu (II) content by this method were in agreement with those obtained by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.

Key words: eriochrome black T (EBT), spectrophotometry, copper, food grains

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