Determination of fluoride in various matrices†

Abstract

Methods for the determination of fluorine in a variety of matrices are reviewed with particular attention to those techniques which are widely adopted as routine methods. The fluoride ion-sensitive electrode is a very successful potentiometric technique for the determination of fluoride in aqueous solution and it has largely replaced the various colorimetric methods formerly used. However it is apparent that the rapid development of ion chromatography with its advantage of simultaneous multi anion determination is introducing a new phase into fluoride analysis. © 1987 IUPAC