“…directed toward inorganic compounds until very recently. Little information of analytical value is available about simple or complex ion spectra in general, though some studies may be found in the reviews of Rosenbaum (9). For that reason, a systematic survey has been made of a number of common anions which might absorb in the ultraviolet either by themselves or in the form of complexes with metal cations: sulfate, thiosulfate, peroxydisulfate, sulfite, nitrate, nitrite, chlorate, perchlorate, brómate, iodate, metaperiodate, vanadate, tungstate, molybdate, cyanide, cyanate, thiocyanate, borate, phosphate, phosphite, hypophosphite, and pyrophosphate.…”