Typescript (Photocopy) / Includes bibliographies / x, 157, A.xxxi : ill ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Summary: Studies the complexation of various monovalent metal ions by the diaza-crown ether C21 and the cryptands, C211 and C22C5 to form cryptates in various solvents, and investigates the kinetics for the interaction of the pendant arm ligand 1,4,8,11-tetrakis (2-hydroxyethyl)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (THEC) with the divalent metal ions Cd2+, Hg2+ and Pb2 / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dept. of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Adelaide, 1993

HPLC has been used and can quickly determine several ions simultaneously. The method of determination described for transition metals [Cr(III), Fe(III), Ni(II), Co(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Mn(II)] and [Ca(II), Pb(II)] using HPLC with UV-VIS detection is better than the PAR complexation method commonly used. The effects of both eluent pH and detector wavelength were investigated. Results from using different pHs and wavelengths, optional analytical conditions for the separation of [Ni(II), Co(II), Cu(II)], [Cr(III), Fe(III), Ca(II), Ni(II), Cu(II)], and [Ca(II), Zn(II), Pb(II)] in one injection, respectively, are described. The influence of adding different concentrations of Na_2EDTA solvent to the sample is shown. Detection limits, linear range, and the comparisons between this study and a post-column PAR method are given.