Abstract
This paper reports volatilization behavior of RuO4 from nitric acid medium using UV–Vis spectroscopy. Ruthenium (III) solution was oxidized to Ru (VIII) using potassium metaperiodate. The absorption peak of RuO4 at 385 nm was used to measure Ru(VIII) concentration in solution. The volatilization kinetics has been studied at different temperature and used to derive rate constant and activation energy values. Almost 82% Ruthenium (VIII) has been volatilized from nitric acid medium at 70 °C whereas it is only 15% at 25 °C. Effect of different parameters like temperature, potassium metaperiodate concentration and nitric acid concentration on volatilization has been studied in depth and reported in this paper.
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