Etude Des Teneurs En Cuivre,Zinc, Et Arsenic Dans La Poudre De Lait Par Activation Neutronique

Abstract

Copper, zinc and arsenic have been determined in dehydrated milk powder by neutron activation analysis. Irradiation 13 of ashed milk powder in a flux of 10¹³ thermal neutrons per second per sq. cm. was followed by: elution through an anion exchange resin; solvent extraction of copper with dithizone into a chloroform phase; precipitation and subsequent redissolution of arsenic as As₂, S₃ and as a polysulfide, respectively. The determinative step involved gamma ray spectroscopy of the isotopes Zn⁶⁷, Zn⁶⁵, Cu⁶⁴ and As⁷⁶.