Abstract:
Based on the titrimetry with reduction of ammonium vanadate by titanous chloride for the determination of micro-amount of uranium, some operation procedures in sample digestion, filtration and washing, reduction-oxidation and titration were improved. Samples were digested with H
3PO
4-HCl-H
2O
2 at low temperature. After centrifugation, filtering, reduction of UO
2+2 with Ti
3+, oxidization of excessive Ti
3+ by NaBrO
3 and further oxidization of trace impurities with low valence by urea-NaNO
3, uranium in the sample solution in a small volume (10 mL) was titrated with ammonium vanadate. The end point of the titration was very clear. Detection limit of the method for uranium was 0.001% and precision was 0.05%~ 0.07%RSD. The method provides the advantages of simple operation, high efficiency and is suitable for the determination of 0.001%~0.01% uranium in ore and slag samples.