Abstract
A spectrophotometric method for the assay of micro amount of 1- naphthylamine (1-NPA) has
been suggested .The method based on the reaction with nitrite ion to form the corresponding diazonium
salt followed by coupling reaction in a alkali medium of sodium hydroxide with 8- hydroxyquaniline
to form stable and a soluble orange azo dye. The intensity of absorbance for the resulting orange azo
dye is measured at 492.5 nm and. Beer’s law is obeyed in the concentration range of 2.5– 125 g of 1-
NPA in a final volume of 25 ml, with a molar absorptivity of 2.505 104 L.mol-1
.cm-1
, a relative error
of 0.16 to + 0.65 % and a relative standard deviation of 0.37 to 0.98 %, depending on the
concentration level of 1-NPA .The method has been successfully applied for the assay of 1-NPA in
river water
been suggested .The method based on the reaction with nitrite ion to form the corresponding diazonium
salt followed by coupling reaction in a alkali medium of sodium hydroxide with 8- hydroxyquaniline
to form stable and a soluble orange azo dye. The intensity of absorbance for the resulting orange azo
dye is measured at 492.5 nm and. Beer’s law is obeyed in the concentration range of 2.5– 125 g of 1-
NPA in a final volume of 25 ml, with a molar absorptivity of 2.505 104 L.mol-1
.cm-1
, a relative error
of 0.16 to + 0.65 % and a relative standard deviation of 0.37 to 0.98 %, depending on the
concentration level of 1-NPA .The method has been successfully applied for the assay of 1-NPA in
river water
Keywords
1- naphthyamine
8-hydroxy quinolone
Diazotization and copling
spectrophotometric determination and river water.