This paper describes a critical review on the use of ammonium diethyl dithiophosphate in analytical chemistry and the potentialities of this ligand in spectrophotometric (UV/VIS) and spectrometric (AAS, ICP-AES, ICP-MS) analyses in different matrices and medium. The speciation of chemical species by coupling complexation reactions between chemical elements and ammonium diethyl dithiophosphate as well as the hyphenation of spectroscopic techniques to separation steps such as solid phase extraction, solvent extraction, cloud point extraction, are also commented in this paper.
Ammonium diethyl dithiophosphate; ADDP; chemical analysis; spectrophotometry; atomic and mass spectrometry