Gallium complexes fluorides

A method which can be used as a screen for all heavy metals has not yet been devised. However, the following method will detect antimony, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, lead, mercury, and Gallium. Certain metals do not form complexes, e.g. barium and chromium, and these may be detected in trace amounts by direct application to the Lithium Fluoride-Graphite Mixture. 

The indium iodide complex [1-3] is > 99% extracted into diethyl ether from 0.5-2.5 M HI (6-30%). Gallium is not extracted under these conditions, but it is extracted from 6 M HCl. The hydriodic acid can be replaced by 0.5-3 M H2SO4 containing 15-20% of Kl. Chloride, bromide, fluoride, phosphate, and citrate do not interfere in the extraction of In from iodide media. Under the optimum conditions for the extraction, Tl, Cd, and Sn (and some Bi, Zn, Hg, and Sb) are extracted. Aluminium and Fe(II), like Ga, are not extracted. The indium iodide complex has also been extracted into chloroform containing N-benzylaniline [4,5]. 

Gallium(III) complexes, 129 amines, 129 amino acids, 141 arsenates, 135 borates, 134 borohydrides, 141 bromates, 135 carbonates, 134 caiboxylates, 135 chlorates, 135 citrates, 136 cyanides, 129 dithiocarbamates, 138 ethers, 136 fluorides, 138 germanates, 134 hydrides, 140 iodates, 135 p-ketoenolates, 134 lactates, 136 mixed halides, 139 molybdates, 135 nitrates, 135 peptides, 141 perchlorates, 135... 

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