The oxidation of arsenious acid by nitrous acid can be catalyzed by iodide in acidic solution.When ammonium molybdate is present and the reaction is stopped by ascorbic acid,the arsenate produced can form molybdoarsenate heteropoly blue. Based on this,a catalytic spectrophotometric method for the determination of trace iodide has been established.The limit of detection is 0.02ng/mL and the linear range is 0~60 ng/20mL.The method has been used for the determination o...