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STUDIES ON ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR TRACE ELEMENTS IN METALS BY USING RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE. III. DETERMINATION OF TANTALUM BY MEANS OF ISOTOPE DILUTION METHOD

Hiroshi Amano

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The determination of tantalum by isotope dilution method in the presence of niobium was investigated by the use of radioactive isotope tantalum-185. Tantalum was separated from niobium as tantalum-tannin precipitate under the optimum condition of pH 1.9～2.5 and tantalum/niobium ratio up to 1/50. If niobium had been present 100 times or more of tantalum, reprecipitation would have been needed. The reciprocal of the specific activity of tantalum pentoxide preciptiate was in a linear relation to the change in the amount of tantalum added. The recommended method gave an accurate result in the determination of tantalum in steel.

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Key concepts: Tantalum, Niobium, Tantalum pentoxide, Vanadium, Isotope dilution, Radiochemistry, Materials science, Niobium pentoxide