“…At that time, the tin(II) chloride (3) and the p-nitrosodimethylaniline (IS) methods were preferred. Since February 1964, three new spectrophotometric methods for platinum have appeared (6, 11, 16), but have not yet been subjected to the test of time and critical evaluation. Because relatively few spectrophotometric procedures for platinum have been published, more work in this field was desirable.…”