Consecutive spectrophotometric determination of phosphate and silicate in a sequential injection lab-at-valve flow system.

A new highly sensitive and selective sequential injection lab-at-valve spectrophotometric method for the consecutive determination of silicate and phosphate is described. The proposed method is based on the formation of specific ion-association complexes (IAs) of 12-heteropolymolybdates of phosphorus and silicon (12-MSC) with Astra Phloxine. The addition of an external reaction chamber (RC) to the SIA manifold made it possible to significantly improve the conditions for the formation of the analytical form used.