Determination of alkali metals, particularly in silicates

Abstract

The commoner alkali metals, sodium, potassium and lithium, exhibit a strong family resemblance in most properties, both chemical and physical. When it is considered that this resemblance includes their relative solubilities (with some notable exceptions), so that quantitative separation is rendered very difficult, it will be granted that there is ample scope for an investigation dealing solely with the determination of these metals.