Fluorimetric determination of ultratraces of lead by ion-pair extraction with cryptand 2.2.1 and eosin.

A spectrofluorimetric study of the extraction of lead into 1,2-dichloroethane, as an ion-pair formed between the cryptand 2.2.1-lead complex and the eosinate counter-ion is described. Optimum conditions for the extraction have been established and a new spectrofluorimetric determination of ultratraces of lead is proposed (detection limit 0.8 ng/ml; relative standard deviation 2.4% at the 60 ng/ml level). The metal:ligand:counter-ion molecular ratio in the extracted mononuclear ion-pair is 1:1:1. The equilibrium constants involved in the extraction have been estimated and refined by the Letagrop-DISTR program.