Profile of Dr. Partha Chattopadhyay
Dr. P.Chattopadhyay received M.Sc in Inorganic Chemistry and Ph.D in Inorganic Analytical Chemistry from University of North Bengal Darjeeling, West Bengal in 1980 and 1983, respectively. In his doctoral work he introduced a new analytical reagent called ACENAPHTHENEQUINONEDIOXIME for quantitative estimation of various elements like nickel, cobalt, copper and palladium both in milligram and microgram level in complex matrix which was found to be superior to other known reagents used for similar purpose and the reagent has still been widely used internationally. He then joined in Geological Survey of India and worked there for 8 years on rocks, minerals and associated materials for their quantitative estimation of elemental concentrations. Joined Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (Formerly RRL-Bhubaneswar) in 1991. Presently working as Scientist EII in the Material Characterization Department. Awarded Raman Research Fellowship 2001 by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Visiting Research Fellowship by Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.

EXPERIENCES and RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Wide experience in dissolution of complex materials by wet chemical and microwave digestion route, the most vital step prior to any kind of elemental analysis
  • Developed several new analytical methods published in top ranking international journals
  • Guided Ph.D students
  • Participated in preparation of Standard Reference Materials by National (CSIR) and International organisations (Bureau of Analyzed Samples, UK and CANMET Canada )
  • On invitation contributed a full chapter on Bismuth for Encyclopedia of Analytical Sciences, Academic Press, London
  • Working on water quality parameters for drinking and other use.
  • Removal or mitigation of toxic elements like arsenic and fluoride from contaminated water
  • Conducted Training Program on Water Quality analysis
  • Consultancy on Setting up Analytical Laboratories

PUBLICATIONS

  • Extraction and photometric determination of copper with substituted pyridines and thiocyanate, Partha Chattopadhyay and Santosh Kumar Majumdar, Indian Journal Chemistry, Section A, 1982, 21(A), pp. 857-8.
  • Solvent Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of palladium using mixed ligand complex formation with pyridine, -picoline, -picoline, picoline and 2,4,6 –collidine and thiocyanate, Partha Chattopadhyay and Santosh Kumar Majumdar, Indian Journal Chemistry, Section A, 1982, 22(A), pp. 91-2.
  • Acenaphthenequinone dioxime as an analytical reagent: determination of nickel in mixtures, Partha Chattopadhyay and Santosh K. Majumdar, Mikrochimica Acta, 1983, 3(3-4), pp. 213-25.
  • Acenaphthenequinone dioxime as an analytical reagent: Studies on palladium complex P.Chattopadhyay and S.K.Majumdar, Current Science, 1983, 52(13), 629-631.
  • Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of cobalt with substituted pyridines and thiocyanate, Partha Chattopadhyay and Santosh K. Majumdar, Journal of Indian Chemical Society, 1984, 61(7), pp. 621-3.
  • Acenaphthenequinone dioxime as an analytical reagent: determination of cupper (II) Partha Chattopadhyay and Santosh K. Majumdar, Indian Journal Chemistry, Section A, 1984, 23(A), pp.792-3.
  • Solvent extraction and determination of nickel(II) and palladium(II) with pyridines and thiocyanate syste, Partha Chattopadhyay and Santosh K. Majumdar, Journal of Indian Chemical Society, 1985, 62(2), pp.150-1.
  • Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of palladium with isonitrosothiocamphor, S.K.Majumdar, P.Chattopadhyay and P.K.Paria, Journal of Indian Chemical society, 1985, 62, 544-545
  • Acenaphthenequinone dioxime as an analytical reagent: determination of cobalt (II) Partha Chattopadhyay and Santosh K. Majumdar, Indian Journal Chemistry, Section A, 1986, 25(A), 504-5.
  • Determination of nickel(II) and palladium(II) as mixed dioxime complexes of acenaphthenequinone dioxime(ANDO) and dimethyl dioxime(DMG), Partha Chattopaddhyay and Santosh K. Majumdar, Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section A, 1987, 26(A), 896-7.
  • The recent trend of determination of arsenic, selenium, bismuth, tin, tungsten and molybdenum in geologic materials: a review, P.Chattopadhyay, Indian Minerals, 1986, 40(2), 62-72.
  • Determination of gold, mercury and iodine in geological materials: a critical review P.Chattopadhyay and Ydhisthir, Indian Minerals, 1988, 42(2), 126-38.
  • Extraction spectrophotometric method for the determination of uranium in geological samples using a ternary complex 2-(p-methylphenylazo)pyridine and thiocyanate Partha Chattopadhyay, Tapan Kumar Sinha and T.S. Basu Baul, Analytical Sciences, 1991, 7(6), 931-3.
  • Determination of bismuth in geological materials by flame atomic absorption spectrometry using a Selective extraction technique, Partha Chattopadhyay and S.S. Nathan, Analyst (London), 1991, 116(11), pp.1145-7.
  • Modified decomposition procedure for determination of gold in geological samples by atomic absorption spectrometry, Partha Chattopadhyay and B.N. Sahoo, Analyst (London), 1992, 117(9), 1481-4.
  • Direct flame atomic absorption spectrophotometric determination of manganese in rocks, nodules, soils and related materials using tartaric acid-potassium chloride-strontium dichloride mixture Partha Chattopadhyay and B.N. Sahoo, Talanta, 1993, 40(5), 701-6
  • Determination of phosphorus in fifty-nine agrochemical reference samples by extractive spectrophotometry, Partha Chattopadhyay, Geostandard News Letter, 1993, 17(2), pp. 21-22.
  • Direct flame atomic absorption spectrophotometric determination of major oxides in rock samples of diverse composition using matrix buffer, P.Chattopadhyay and M.Mistry, Microchemical Journal, 1994, 50(1), pp.78-87.
  • Rapid chromite dissolution using a manganese dioxide-lithium sulfate-sulfuric acid mixture for matrix-independent determination of chromium, P.Chattopadhyay and M.Mistry, Analytica Chimica Acta, 1994, 295(3), 32-30.
  • Laboratory investigation on extraction of P2O5 from Indian basic slags of iron and steel industry, B.P.Singh and P.Chattopadhyay, Fuel Science & Technology International, 1995. 13(1), 17-24.
  • Flame atomic absorption spectrometry for alkali determination in limestone and related materials using simple matrix modifier, P.Chattopadhyay, Chem. Anal. (Warsaw), 1995, 40(5), 775-81.
  • Estimation of P2O5 and Al2O3 in iron ores and related materials for quality control assessment, Partha Chattopadhyay, STEEL INDIA, 1995, 18, 59-64
  • Direct flame atomic absorption spectrophotometric determination of alkalis in geochemical samples, Partha Chattopadhyay, Talanta, 1995, 42(12), pp. 1965-71.
  • Rapid chromite dissolution using manganese dioxide-lithium sulfate-sulfuric acid mixture-estimation of alumina in chromite for quality control assessment, Partha Chattopadhyay and Mritunjoy Mistry, Mikrochimica Acta, 1996, 122 (3-4), 167-73.
  • Novel dissolution procedure using a mixture of manganese dioxide and hydrochloric acid for the matrix-independent determination of gold, P.Chattopadhyay and M.Mistry, Fresenius’ Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 1997, 357(3), 308 - 313.
  • Rapid dissolution procedure for base metal bearing complex materials for quality control assessment, P.Chattopadhyay and S.Misra, Mikrochimica Acta, 1998, 128(1-2), 49-56.
  • Removal of phosphorus and enrichment of manganese from a complex ferruginous manganese ore, G.V.Rao, B.C. Acharya, B.V.R. Murthy, J.N.Mohanty, Y.V. Swamy, P.Chattopadhyay and A.Tripathy, Magnetic and Electrical Separation, 1998, 9(2), 109-123.
  • On estimation of molybdenum in complex matrices using dithiol and thiocyanate Partha Chattopadhyay, Mrityunjoy Mistry and Bidhan Chandra Roy, Annuli di Chimica (Societal Chimica Italian), 1998, 88, 567-576
  • Estimation of tungsten in complex matrices using toluene 3,4-dithiol and thiocyanate P.Chattopadhyay and M.Mistry, Fresenius’ Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 1998, 360(1), 38-42.
  • Application of column flotation in zinc cleaning circuit at Drib Concentrator Rajas than, India, G.V.Rao, B.Das, P.Chattopadhyay and S.R.S.Sastri, Trans. Indian Inst. Metal, 1998, 51(4), 187-192.
  • Removal of iron ore from flyash for ceramic and refractory applications, R.Bhima Rao, P.Chattopadhyay and G.N.Banerjee, Magnetic and Electrical Separation, 1999, 10(1), 21-27. Use of plasma reactor for smelting reduction studies, A.K.Joukhari, R.K.Gupta, P.Datta, S.Bhattacharjee, P.Chattopadhyay, B.Bhoi, R.C.Gupta and H.S.Ray, Trans. Indian Inst. Metal, 2000, 33(1&2), 87-91.
  • Kinetics of iron oxide reduction in molten slag, A.K.Jouhari, R.K.Galgali, P.Chattopadhyay, R.C.Gupta and H.S.Ray, Scand. J. Metall., 2001, 30(1), 14-20.
  • Analysis of sintered products of iron ore fines by flame atomic absorption spectrometry using matrix buffer, P.Chattopadhyay, P.Datta and A.K.Jouhari, Fresenius’ Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2001, 369(5), 407-411.
  • Matrix Digestion of Soil and Sediment Samples for Extraction of Lead, Cadmium and Antimony and Their Direct Determination by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry and Atomic Emission Spectrometry, Partha Chattopadhyay, Andrew S. Fisher, Derek N. Henon, and Steve J. Hill, Microchim. Acta 144, 277-283, 2004
  • SORPTION OF ARENATE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION WITH MANGANIC FERRIC OXYHYDROXIDE, G. Roy Chaudhury, P.Chattopadhyay, R.P.Das, D.M.Muir, P.Singh, Hydrometallurgy 2003 – Fifth International Conference in Honor of Professor Ian Ritchie - Volume 2: Electrometallurgy and Environmental Hydrometallurgy, Edited by C.A.Young, A.M. Alfantazi, C.G. Anderson, D.B. Dreisinger, B. Harris and A.James TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2003, pp. 1913-1922.
  • Digestion of titanium Bearing Geologic Materials Involving Microwaves, Anju Tripathy and Partha Chattopadhyay, Annali di Chimica, Vol. 97, No.10, pp. 1047 – 1064, 2007.
  • Comments on Analytical Achievability for Ten Importantant Chemical parameters of Drinking Water in Indian Context, P. Chattopadhyay, Surabhi Dipali Muduli and K.Sarveswara Rao, Proceedings Water 2006 NEERI, International Workshop on R&D Frontierss in Water and Waste water Management, January 20-21, 2006, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, Editors Leena Dshpande et. al, 2007, pp.336 – 343.