Spectrophotometric determination of copper(II) by adsorption of its 1-allyl-3-( 6-methylpyridyl)thiourea complex on polyurethane foam

Department of Applied Chemistry, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer-305 001, India

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Manuscript received 17 January 2001, revised 3 September 2001. accepted 20 October 2001

A spectrophotometric method for the determination of copper (II) after adsorption of its 1-allyl-3-(6-methylpyridyl)thiourea complex on polyurethane foam is discussed. The method has been applied to the determination of copper(II) in alloy samples.