A new luminescence method for determining dysprosium in the presence of terbium

The new luminescence method for determining dysprosium in the presence of terbium is developed based on the difference in the lifetimes of dysprosium and terbium in complexes with 3-(6-benzodioxanyl)pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid (tau = 6 and 910 mu s, respectively). The possibility of determining the short-lived and weakly luminescent dysprosium(III) ion in the presence of long-living and intensively luminescent terbium(III) was demonstrated for the first time using time-resolved luminescence. The developed method was used to determine dysprosium in luminescent materials doped with both lanthanides.