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Offline AhmedEzatAlzawalaty

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Ferric and Salicyclic acid
« on: March 19, 2007, 01:13:52 PM »
What is the cause of violet color in the reaction of ferric with salycilic acid?

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Re: Ferric and Salicyclic acid
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2007, 06:35:05 PM »
Dear ahmedezat,
It’s quite easy, Phenols like free Salycilic Acid forms a simple 1:1 Complex
with Fe3+ (Of course, including some water?), which in your case is blue,
and detectable at ~540nm, if you do it in aqua.
It can be “hold” linear (Beer-Lambert!) over a wide concentration range!
There is a standard method written!

Good Luck!
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Re: Ferric and Salicyclic acid
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2007, 08:33:45 AM »
thank u ARGOS++

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