Determination of trace europium based on new fluorimetric system of europium(III) with thenoyltrifluoroacetone and N,N'-dinaphthyl-N,N'-diphenyl-3,6-dioxaoctanediamide.
In the present paper, N,N'-dinaphthyl-N,N'-diphenyl-3,6-dioxaoctanediamide acts as a specific reagent for enhancing the fluorescence intensity of Eu(III) complex with thenoyl trifluoroacetone (TTA), the spectrofluorimetric determination of trace amounts of Eu(III) based on the above system was carried out and its luminescence mechanism was studied. The excitation and emission wavelengths are 343.6 and 613.3 nm, respectively. The fluorescence intensities vary linearly with the concentration of europium(III) in the range 3.647x10(-3)-3.039 mug ml(-1) for the original fluorescence with a detection limit down to 2.279x10(-4) mug ml(-1) and the standard deviation is 0.063 mug ml(-1) for 10 times measurements, and in the range 7.598x10(-4)-0.0243 mug ml(-1) (SD=0.035 for 15 times measurements), 0.06078-0.6100 mug ml(-1) (SD=0.52 for 10 times measurements) for the first derivative fluorescence signal with a detection limit down to 8.566x10(-5) mug ml(-1). The interferences of other rare earths and some of inorganic ions are described. This method is a direct, rapid, selective and sensitive analytical method for the determination of trivalent europium in rare earth ore samples and high purity of rare earth oxides.
Simultaneous determination of samarium, europium and terbium with quinaldic acid and phenanthroline by synchronous derivative fluorimetry.
Synchronous derivative fluorescence of samarium, europium and terbium complexes with quinaldic acid and phenanthroline was examined in aqueous solution. The composition of these complexes was determined. The maximum emission wavelengths are 645 nm, 617 nm and 545 nm for samarium, europium and terbium, respectively. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the fluorescence intensity was a linear function of concentration in the range of 10-250 ppm for samarium, 0.5-50 ppm for europium and 0.5-300 ppm for terbium. Simultaneous determination of samarium, europium and terbium was successfully carried out for samarium oxide and middle rare earth mixture. The precision of the method, expressed as relative standard deviation, is within 1.1-2.5%.
Glycogen phosphorylase in lobster hepatopancreas: action of proteases on the enzyme
Abstract 1. 1. In lobster hepatopancreas, extracellular protreases cause the inactivation of glycogen phosphorylase. 2. 2. The proteolysis of glycogen phosphorylase purified from rabbit muscle by these proteases has been shown by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. 3. 3. A cell isolation technique has allowed us to remove proteases of extracellular digestion and to measure glycogen phosphorylase activity in lobster hepatopancreas. 4. 4. The glycogen phosphorylase activity seems to be mainly associated with R cells while it could not be detected in B cells.