The invention discloses a method for determining
palladium by
spectrophotometry. The method comprises the following steps that liquid to be tested and
standard solution are prepared; the liquid to be tested and the
standard solution measure the absorbancy A of
test solution at a
wavelength of 635nm; a
standard curve is established according to the standard
palladium solution with different concentrations and the corresponding absorbancy, and the slope k and the intercept b of the regression equation of the
standard curve are calculated; and the amount of
palladium m is calculated to be equal to kA plus b according to the equation. According to the palladium content testing method, the palladium can be directly determined without separating
platinum,
rhodium and other substances when the
platinum,
rhodium and other substances which do not affect the absorbancy at the
wavelength of 635nm exist in a tested substance, and a process is simple and quick; the resistance to the interference of
platinum,
rhodium and the like is strong, the
impact of an appropriate amount of platinum, rhodium and the like on a determination result is small, and the method is particularly applicable to the determination in a production process of a
catalytic converter; the content of palladium is determined to be high and can reach 500mu.g; and compared with existing stannous
chloride-
acetone-
potassium iodide spectrophotometry, the used amount of stannous
chloride is only one tenth, so that the
pollution is reduced, and the inspection cost is saved.