“…A number of methods have been reported for yttrium determinations such as AAS [1], NAA [2], XRF [3], ICP-AES [4], HPLC [5], and luminescence [6]. Spectrophotometric methods have included various color reagents such as Alizarin S [7], 8-hydroxyquinoline [8], Arsenazo I [9], Arsenazo III [10,11], Xylenol orange-cetylpyridinium bromide [12], PAN [13], and PAR [14]. Attempts were made to adapt the batch Arsenazo III methods to a flow-injection analysis (FIA) procedure in order to obtain a rapid, simple, and economic method for the determination of yttrium.…”