The invention discloses a method for measuring
dithionite by
potassium ferricyanide differential
spectrophotometry, which aims at the problems that in the prior art, when the content of
dithionite ismeasured by use of a
potassium ferricyanide differential
titration method, the
detection limit is high, and the detection requirement of low-concentration
dithionite cannot be met. The method comprises the following steps: (1) adding an alkaline substance to enable a reaction to occur under an alkaline condition; (2) sequentially adding a
potassium ferricyanide solution and a dithionite sample tobe measured into the alkaline substance, oscillating and shaking to enable the substances to react fully; and (3) detecting a difference value between
absorbance values before and after the sample tobe measured is added through
spectrophotometry, substituting the difference value into a
standard curve equation, and calculating to obtain the content of the dithionite in the sample to be measured.According to the method of the invention, the content of the sample to be measured is reflected through the
absorbance change of the
potassium ferricyanide after being reduced and consumed by the dithionite under alkaline conditions, thus the method has accurate measurement result, wide detection range and small instrument
limiting factor, and is convenient for conventional laboratories to use.