Simultaneous kinetic spectrophotometric determination of citric and ascorbic acid by H-point standard addition method

Abstract

The H-point standard addition method was applied to kinetic data for simultaneous determination of citric and ascorbic acid or selective determination of ascorbic acid in presence of citric acid. The method is based on the difference in the rate of reaction of citric and ascorbic acid with copper(II)-ammonia complex. The linear dynamic ranges for the two analytes of citric and ascorbic acid are 0.80-1.15 x 10² and 0.70-10.00 mM, respectively. The proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of citric and ascorbic acid in some powdered drink mixtures and vitamin C tablet.