Derivative spectrophotometric determination of copper and palladium simultaneously by using MDTC as a reagent

Abstract A selective, sensitive, and economical derivative spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of trace amount of Cu(II) and Pd(II) with MDTC as a reagent in the presence of CTAB, a solubilizing agent. The molar absorption coefficient and analytical sensitivities of the 1:2 Cu(MDTC)2 and Pd(MDTC)2 complexes are 2.467×104 and 2.989×104 l mol−1, respectively. The developed derivative procedure, is applied for the rapid and selective simultaneous determination of Cu(II) and Pd(II) in the range of 0.2–15 and 0.1–10 µg/ml, respectively. Complex matrices, including alloys, biological samples, pharmaceutical samples and synthetic mixtures have been successfully analyzed for trace amounts of two metal ions.