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A critical review of the group separation of tervalent lanthanides and actinides and of the separation of individual transplutonium elements is presented. The theoretical principles involved are also discussed.

Arsenic(III) is extracted into carbon tetrachloride from 3.5M sulphuric acid that is 0.8M in potassium iodide. 8-Mercaptoquinoline and acetone are added to the organic extract and the absorbance of the arsenic(III)-8-mercaptoquinolinate formed is measured at 380 nm. Repeating the extraction procedure highly increases the selectivity of the method; only tin(II) interferes with the determination.

A radiometric method for the determination of submicrogram amounts of mercury (down to 5 x 10(-10)g ml ) is described. The method is based on the exchange reaction between mercury and silver-110m dithizonate. Only palladium, gold, silver, and large amounts of copper and bismuth interfere in the determination, and must be removed.

Metal chelates, extracted from an aqueous phase by organic solvents, can react with other chelating agents (or their metal chelates) dissolved in the same solvent. This exchange of metal chelates in the organic phase can be used for (1) investigation of the exchange equilibrium and composition of the metal chelates formed, (2) determination of the extraction constants, (3) preparation of new inner-complexes soluble in organic solvents, and (4) spectrophotometric determination of small amounts of metals. The theory and experimental verification of this phenomenon are given. The extraction constants of silver and zinc diethyldithiocarbamates in carbon tetrachloride have been determined by means of the extraction constants of the corresponding dithizonates. A mixed complex of arsenic(III) with dithizone and diethyldithiocarbamic acid has been prepared and its properties studied. A simple method for spectrophotometric determination of microgram quantities of arsenic is proposed.