RADIOMETRIC TITRATION BASED ON COLLOIDAL AND SLOW PRECIPITATE FORMATION

Fluoride ions and, in about 0.005M concentration, tungstate ions form gelatinous precipitates, poorly soluble in water, with calcium ions. The radiometric determinations of the above ions are based on these reactions. Accurate radiometric determination can be carried out only if the gelatinous precipitate formed during titration can be properly separated from the solution. It has been found that in the case of fluoride ions the application of crystalline, easily filtrable Ca(COO)2·H2O or CaCO3, and in the case of tungstate ions the application of CaWO4 precipitate improves the filtration properties of45CaF2 and45CaWO4, respectively, formed during titration, whereby the radiometric determinations of the above ions become possible. Titrations were carried out with 0.05M and 0.005M CaCl2 solutions, labelled with45Ca.