Application of high-surface-area ZrO2 in preconcentration and determination of 18 elements by on-line flow injection with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry

A flow-injection analysis (FIA) system incorporating a micro-column of ZrO2 has been used for the development of an on-line multi-element method for the simultaneous preconcentration and determination of Al, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ga, In, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Tl, V, Sb, Sn, and Zn by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). The conditions for quantitative and reproducible preconcentration, elution, and subsequent on-line ICP-AES determination were established. A sample (pH 8) is pumped through the column at 3 mL min(-1) and sequentially eluted directly into the ICP-AES with 3 mol L(-1) HNO3. With a sample volume of 100 mL and an elution volume of 1 mL signal enhancement 100 times better than for conventional continuous aspirating systems was obtained for the elements studied. The reproducibility (RSD %) of the method at the 10 ng mL(-1) level in the eluate is acceptable - less than 8% for five replicates. Recoveries between 95.4% and 99.9% were obtained for the elements analysed. ZrO2, with a specific surface area of 57 m2 g(-1) and a capacity of approximately 5 mg g(-1) for the elements studied, was synthesized by hydrolysis of ZrCl4. The preconcentration system was evaluated for several simple synthetic matrices, standard water samples and synthetic seawater. The effect of foreign ions on the efficiency of preconcentration of the elements studied was investigated. The application of a micro-column filled with high-surface-area ZrO2 and flow injection inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry enables preconcentration and simultaneous determination of 18 elements at low concentrations (ng L(-1)) in different water samples.     

FI溶剂萃取与ICP-AES联机的研究水样中微量铜的测定

本文建立了用FI-溶剂萃取-ICP-AES测定水样中微量铜的分析方法。选择了ICP-AES、超声雾化发生器及FIA的最佳工作条件。研究了溶液pH对用打萨腙-四氯化碳体系萃取铜的影响;有机相流速与水相流速之比例;萃取盘管长度等因素对萃取过程及等离子体放电的影响。分析了自来水样品及美国标准局标准水样中铜含量。统计了分析方法的精密度、检出限与实验条件下的富集倍数。     

Determination of trace amounts of Sb,Pb, Tl in water samples by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry after a diantipyrylmethane-iodide third phase preconcentration

A preconcentration method based on third phase extraction has been developed and combined with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) for determination of Sb, Pb, Tl at trace levels in water samples. The reagents diantipyrylmethane and potassium iodide were applied for complexing Sb, Pb, Tl and producing a third phase extraction system. This third phase system produces relatively large enrichment factors and complete isolation of trace elements from high salt-containing matrices which influence strongly the plasma condition. Experimental parameters of the extraction, such as concentrations of complexing reagents, pH and extraction time have been optimized. Under the selected conditions, this third phase ICP-AES combination procedure gave multielemental detection limits for Sb, Pb, Tl which are superior by an order of magnitude or more to those obtained by ICP-AES alone without preconcentration. Precision of the technique is better than 10% at the 10 g/l level. The accuracy of this approach is demonstrated by its application to tapwater, artificial seawater and reference seawater samples.     

Determination of gold in sludge and soil by sequential ICP-AES after preconcentration and separation with thiol-cotton fibre

Summary A method is presented for the determination of gold in sludge and soil samples by sequential ICP-AES after preconcentration and separation from the common alkali and alkaline-earth metals, as well as other matrix components, e.g. iron, by a thiol-cotton fibre column. The cotton fibre, impregnated with thioacetic acid, quantitatively adsorbs gold, thus eliminating the severe spectral interferences encountered by direct ICP-AES analysis. After preconcentration and separation the results obtained at Au 242.795 nm and Au 267.595 nm agree with each other. A quantitative recovery for added spikes was obtained. The method allows the determination of gold in complex matrices such as soil or sludge samples that have been proven to be impossible by conventional ICP-AES without separation from the matrix.On leave from Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy, Academia Sinica, Shanghai 2000 50, China     

On-line complexation of zinc with 5-Br-PADAP and preconcentration using a knotted reactor for inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometric determination in river water samples

An on-line zinc preconcentration and determination system implemented with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) associated with flow injection (FI) was studied. The zinc was retained as zinc-2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol (Zn-(5-Br-PADAP)) complex at pH 9.2. The zinc complex was removed from the knotted reactor (KR) with 30% v/v nitric acid. An enrichment factor of 42 was obtained for the KR system with respect to ICP-AES using pneumatic nebulization. The detection limit for the preconcentration of 10 mL of aqueous solution was 0.09 microg/L. The precision for 10 replicate determinations at the 5 microg/L Zn level was 2.3% relative standard deviation (RSD), calculated with the peak heights obtained. The calibration graph using the preconcentration system for zinc was linear with a correlation coefficient of 0.9997 at levels near the detection limits up to at least 100 microg/L. The method was succesfully applied to the determination of zinc in river water samples.     

On-line complexation/preconcentration system for the determination of lead in wine by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry with ultrasonic nebulization

An on-line lead preconcentration and determination system implemented with inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) with ultrasonic nebulization (USN) in association with flow injection was studied. For the preconcentration of lead, a Pb-quinolin-8-ol complex was formed on-line at pH 6.8 and retained on Amberlite XAD-16 resin. The lead was removed from the microcolumn by countercurrent elution with nitric acid. A total enhancement factor of 225 was obtained with respect to ICP-AES with pneumatic nebulization (15.0 for USN and 15.0 for the column). The detection limit for Pb for the preconcentration of a 10 mL wine sample was 0.15 microg/L. The precision for 10 replicate determinations at a Pb level of 25 microg/L was a relative standard deviation of 2.5%, calculated from the peak heights obtained. The calibration graph obtained by using the preconcentration system for lead was linear with a correlation coefficient of 0.9995 for levels near the detection limit up to > or = 1000 microg/L. The method was successfully applied to the determination of lead in wine samples.     

Determination of additives in PVC material by UV laser ablation inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry

UV laser ablation inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (LA-ICP-AES) has been applied to the direct determination of additives in solid poly(vinyl chloride) materials. A Nd:YAG laser, operating at its fourth harmonic (266 nm), was used with a beam masking device, in the most reproducible conditions, to introduce solid particles into the plasma torch of a simultaneous ICP-AES system. Emphasis was placed on both precision and accuracy in the analysis of PVC materials by LA-ICP-AES. A series of six in-house PVC reference materials was prepared by incorporating several additives in increasing concentrations. Three alternative methods were evaluated to certify the amount of incorporated elements: ICP-AES with sample dissolution, NAA and XRF. Satisfactory results and good agreement were obtained for seven elements (Al, Ca, Cd, Mg, Sb, Sn and Ti) among the ten incorporated. Sample homogeneity appeared to be satisfactory, and calibration graphs obtained by LA-ICP-AES for several elements are presented. Finally, the performance of the technique in terms of repeatability (1.6-5%), reproducibility (2–5%), and limits of detection was investigated.     

On-line preconcentration of mercury by sorption on an anion-exchange resin loaded with 1,5-bis[(2-pyridyl)-3-sulphophenyl methylene] thiocarbonohydrazide and determination by cold-vapour inductively coupled plasma atomic emission

1,5-Bis[(2-pyridyl)-3-sulphophenyl methylene] thiocarbonohydrazide (PSTH) immobilized on an anion-exchange resin (Dowex) has been used for the on-line preconcentration of mercury from biological samples and waters prior to its determination by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. The metal was eluted from the column using a solution of 2 M HNO(3) and mixed on-line with SnCl(2). The optimum experimental conditions were evaluated for the continuous preconcentration of Hg, the direct generation of mercury vapour and the final determination of this element by ICP-AES. The enrichment, together with low blank levels of the optimized procedure, allow the simple determination of this toxic element at concentrations down to a few nanograms per milliliter. The proposed method has a linear calibration range 5-1000 ng ml(-1) of mercury, with a detection limit of 4 ng ml(-1) (S/N=3) and a sampling rate of 40 h(-1), investigated with a 9 ml sample volume. The precision of the method (evaluated as the relative standard deviation obtained after analyzing ten series of ten replicates) was +/-3.6% at the 10 ng ml(-1) level of Hg(II) and +/-1.3% at the 100 ng ml(-1) level. The accuracy of the method was examined by the analysis of certified reference materials.     

Determination of trace rare earth elements by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry after preconcentration with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

A new method has been developed for the determination of trace rare earth elements (REEs) in water samples based on preconcentration with a microcolumn packed with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) prior to their determination by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). The optimum experimental parameters for preconcentration of REEs, such as pH of the sample, sample flow rate and volume, elution solution and interfering ions, have been investigated. The studied REEs ions can be quantitatively retained by MWNTs when the pH exceed 3.0, and then eluted completely with 1.0 mol L⁻¹ HNO₃. The detection limits of this method for REEs was between 3 and 57 ng L⁻¹, and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) for the determination of REEs at 10 ng mL⁻¹ level were found to be less than 6% when processing 100 mL sample solution. The method was validated using a certified reference material, and has been successfully applied for the determination of trace rare earth elements in lake water and synthetic seawater with satisfactory results.     

On-line complexation of zinc with 5-Br-PADAP and preconcentration using a knotted reactor for inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometric determination in river water samples

An on-line zinc preconcentration and determination system implemented with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) associated with flow injection (FI) was studied. The zinc was retained as zinc-2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol (Zn-(5-Br-PADAP)) complex at pH 9.2. The zinc complex was removed from the knotted reactor (KR) with 30% v/v nitric acid. An enrichment factor of 42 was obtained for the KR system with respect to ICP-AES using pneumatic nebulization. The detection limit for the preconcentration of 10 mL of aqueous solution was 0.09 μg/L. The precision for 10 replicate determinations at the 5 μg/L Zn level was 2.3% relative standard deviation (RSD), calculated with the peak heights obtained. The calibration graph using the preconcentration system for zinc was linear with a correlation coefficient of 0.9997 at levels near the detection limits up to at least 100 μg/L. The method was succesfully applied to the determination of zinc in river water samples. Received: 27 December 1999 / Revised: 14 March 2000 / Accepted: 15 March 2000     

湿式消化-ICP-AES法测定航空润滑油中镍钛镁铬钼锡

研究采用硝酸-高氯酸混合酸湿式消化法,建立ICP-AES法同时测定航空润滑油中痕量金属元素镍、钛、镁、铬、钼、锡。样品消化完全、快速,检出限分别为(μg．L^-1)：镍4．1、钛2．1、镁4．2、铬3．2、钼3．6、锡24．4,RSD小于5％,回收率为96．0％～104．0％。     

Trends in sorption preconcentration combined with noble metal determination.

Nowadays much attention is being paid to the determination of trace amounts of noble metals in geological, industrial, biological and environmental samples. The most promising techniques, such as inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) are characterized by high sensitivity. However, the accurate determination of trace noble metals has been limited by numerous interferences generated from the presence of matrix elements. To decrease, or eliminate, these interferences, the sorption preconcentration of noble metals is often used prior to their instrumental detection. A great number of hyphenated methods of noble metal determination using sorption preconcentration have been developed. This review describes the basic types of available sorbents, preconcentration procedures and preparations of the sorbent to the subsequent determination of noble metals. The specific features of instrumental techniques and examples of ETAAS, FAAS, ICP-AES, ICP-MS determinations after the sorption preconcentration of noble metals are considered. The references cited here were selected mostly from the period 1996 - 2006.     

电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法(ICP-OES)测定钴白合金中的锗

建立了一种电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法(ICP-OES)测定钴白合金中锗含量的分析方法,确定了溶样方法和分析谱线,进行了基体元素的干扰等实验,对方法精密度和准确度进行了考察,结果表明,方法的检出限为0.043 μg/mL,对钴白合金中锗的测定结果与其它标准分析方法分析结果基本一致,方法的相对标准偏差RSD在1.1%~1.9%(n=7),样品的加标回收率在98.5 %~102.1 %。所建立的方法准确、快速,适用于钴白合金中锗的测定。     

ICP-AES determination of trace rare earth elements in environmental and food samples by on-line separation and preconcentration with acetylacetone-modified silica gel using microcolumn.

A novel method of online microcolumn separation and preconcentration coupled to inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) with the use of acetylacetone-modified silica gel as packing material was developed for the determination of trace rare earth elements (REEs) in environmental and food samples. The main parameters affecting online separation/preconcentration, including pH, sample flow rate, sample volume, elution and interfering ions, have been investigated in detail. Under the optimized operating conditions, the adsorption capacity values for Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu were 25.65, 23.23, 24.01, 19.40, 22.89, 23.77, 24.40, 23.96, 25.58, 25.15, 24.86, 22.75, 16.05, 24.13, 26.51 and 27.93 mg g(-1), respectively. Detection limits (3sigma) based on three times standard deviations of the blanks by 8 replicates were in the range from 48 pg mL(-1) for Lu to 1003 pg mL(-1) for Sm. With 90 s preconcentration time and 10 s elution time, the enrichment factor was 10 and the sample frequency was 28 h(-1). The precisions (RSDs) obtained by determination of a 250 ng mL(-1) (n = 8) REEs standard solution were in the range from 1.7% for Y to 4.4% for Sm. The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of trace REEs in pig liver, agaric and mushroom. To validate the proposed method, we analyzed three certified reference materials (GBW07401 soil, GBW07301a sediment, and GBW07605 tea leaves). The determined values were in a good agreement with the certified values. The method is rapid, selective, sensitive and applicable to the determination of trace REEs in biological and environmental samples with complicated matrix effects.     

Determination of sub—ppm levels of boron in ground water samples by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was applied to the determination of sub-ppm levels of boron in ground water samples using spectroscopically pure graphite planchets as solid support. The data obtained by LIBS agreed well with those from ICP-AES. No spectral interference due to the possibly interfering elements Fe, Cr, Al and Mo was observed. The detection limit was 0.01 µg.g^?1 for boron using the B(I) 249.773 nm emission line. The method is considered to be promising for the rapid determination of boron, with an acceptable degree of accuracy and without the need for elaborate sample treatment, preconcentration and purification steps.     

Electrothermal vaporization in inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry for direct multielement analysis of food samples with slurry sampling

Slurry sampling followed by electrothermal vaporization (ETV) was used as sample introduction technique in inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) for the direct determination of trace elements in food samples. A polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) emulsion was used as a fluorinating reagent to promote vaporization and the transportation of analytes. The main factors affecting the analytical signals were investigated in detail. Under optimum operating conditions, the detection limits (DL) for this method varied from 1.8 (Cu) to 215 ng/mL (Zn), while the relative standard deviations (RSD) were in the range 2.6% (Cu)-7.2% (Zn). The proposed method was successfully applied to the direct determination of trace amounts of V, Cu, Cr, Fe, Zn, and La in rice without any chemical pretreatment. The precision was evaluated by analyzing a standard reference material (tea leaves, GBW 07605) and comparing the results from this method with results obtained by pneumatic nebulization (PN) ICP-AES after the wet-chemical decomposition of the same sample.From Zhurnal Analiticheskoi Khimii, Vol. 60, No. 3, 2005, pp. 286–290.Original English Text Copyright © 2005 by Chen.This article was submitted by the author in English.     

Flow Injection Semi-online Preconcentration Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry for Determination of Cadmium, Copper and Manganese

IntroductionGraphite furnace atomic absorption spectrome-try (GFAAS) is one of the most sensitive tech-niques for the determination of various elementswith detection limits in the range ofμg/ L to ng/ L.Despite the impressive detection power of the tech-nique,GFAAS can tbe routinely used to make di-rect analysis of some real samples with complexcomposition[1] . This is due to the matrix interfer-ence and/ or insufficient detection power. Conse-quently,separation and preconcentration proc…     

电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱(ICP-AES)法测定蒙药巴特日中17种元素的含量

建立了快速、准确同时测定蒙药巴特日中多种元素含量的方法。采用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱(ICP-AES)法同时测定了蒙药巴特中17种常量、微量及重金属元素的含量,进行了加标回收实验,结果表明,巴特日中Ca、P、K的含量较高,富含Fe和Mg等营养元素,Pb、Cd等重金属元素均低于国家标准。相对标准偏差(RSD)在0.36%~0.86%,加标回收率为95.8%~103%。测定的实验数据准确,可靠,可用于蒙药巴特日中多种元素的同时测定。     

Determination of cadmium in polyethylene by analytical atomic spectrometry with gas-phase sample introduction technique

Cadmium in polyethylene was determined by both inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) and atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) with continuous-flow gas-phase sample introduction in a reaction medium of ascorbic acid. In the presence of mixture of cobalt and thiourea in the ascorbic acid solution, the sensitivities by both ICP-AES and AAS for cadmium were greatly enhanced. The gaseous cadmium species was phase-separated in a gas–liquid separator and directed via a stream of argon carrier gas to an inductively coupled plasma and an electrically heated quartz tube atomizer (QTA) for atomic spectrometry. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the best attainable detection limits at Cd I 228.802 nm line were 1.3 and 0.017 ng/ml with linear dynamic ranges of 10–500 ng/ml and 0.1–1 ng/ml in concentrations by ICP-AES and QTA-AAS, respectively. The instrumental precisions expressed as the relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) from ten replicate measurements of 50 and 1 ng/ml cadmium by ICP-AES and QTA-AAS were 5.6% and 3.2%, respectively. With the use of ICP-AES and QTA-AAS with gas-phase sample introduction method, six- and 200-fold improvements in detection limits for cadmium were obtained in comparison with their conventional solution nebulization methods, respectively. After the effects of several diverse elements on the determination of cadmium by ICP-AES and QTA-AAS with the present gas-phase sample introduction systems were examined, these methods were applied to the determination of low concentrations of cadmium in polyethylene. The results obtained by the present method were in good agreement with the certified values.     

ICP-AES法测定方铅矿中多元素的方法研究

采用电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱法(ICP-AES)进行方铅矿中多元素同时测定.通过对方铅矿样品化学处理试验建立了HCl-NH4Cl-HNO3的溶矿体系.本体系采用基体匹配、背景系数和元素干扰系数校正及元素内标法确定了最佳综合实验测试条件.本实验建立的ICP-AES法同时测定方铅矿中镉、钴、铜、铁、铟、铅、锌7种元素的方法,本方法测量相对误差RE (n=8)为1.50%～7.50%,相对标准偏差RSD (n=8)为1.7%～5.7%.经国家一级标准物质GBW 07269分析验证可以满足方铅矿单矿物样品的分析要求.