Determination of vanadium in water by electrothermal atomisation atomic absorption spectrometry after extraction with 8-hydroxyquinoline in isobutyl methyl ketone

A sensitive method for the determination of vanadium in water by electrothermal atomisation atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) is described. The vanadium is chelated with 8-hydroxyquinoline in isobutyl methyl ketone and determined by ETAAS after pre-heating the pyrolytic graphite coated graphite tube of a graphite furnace atomiser before injection. The effects of the pH and amount of reagent required for the extraction were studied. The precision, accuracy and interferences of the method were also investigated. The proposed method allows concentrations of vanadium of 0.16 microgram l-1 to be detected.     

Dispersive Liquid‐Liquid Microextraction of Cu(II) Using a Novel Dioxime for Its Highly Sensitive Determination by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

A dispersive liquid‐liquid microextraction (DLLME) technique was proposed for the enrichment and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric (GFAAS) determination of Cu²⁺ in water samples. In this method a mixture of 480 μL acetone (disperser solvent) containing 26 μg S,S‐bis(2‐aminobenzyl)‐dithioglyoxime (BAT) ligand and 20 μL carbon tetrachloride (extraction solvent) was rapidly injected by a syringe into 5 mL aqueous sample containing copper ions (analyte). Thereby, a cloudy solution formed. After centrifugation, the fine droplets containing the extracted copper complex were sedimented at the bottom of the conical test tube. This phase was collected by a microsyring and after dilution by methanol, 20 μL of it was injected into the graphite tube of the instrument for analysis. Effects of some parameters on the extraction, such as extraction and disperser solvent type and volume, extraction time, salt concentration, pH and concentration of the chelating agent were optimized. The response surface method was used for optimization of the effective parameters on the extraction recovery. Under these conditions, an enrichment factor of 312 was obtained. The calibration graph was linear in the rage of 2–50 μ L⁻¹ Cu²⁺ with a detection limit of 0.03 μg L⁻¹ and a relative standard deviation (RSD) for five replicate measurements of 3.4% at 20 μg L⁻¹ Cu²⁺. The method was successfully applied to the determination of Cu²⁺ in some spring water samples.     

Direct Determination of Total Chromium in Sea Water by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry with Multiple Injections

The method of multiple injections coupled with graphite furnace and atomic absorption spectrometry is applied to direct determination of total chromium at extremely small concentrations in samples of open sea water. The method involves the in situ preconcentration of trace chromium in sea water onto a pyrocoated graphite tube by multiple injections (up to 4 × 90 μL) prior to analysis. The selected ashing temperature is up to 1800 °C, and the background signal caused by high sea-salt contents will be markedly reduced when the ashing time is prolonged up to 200 s. A CASS-2 reference sea water has been used as a quality control sample in the analyses of samples of open sea water samples; the results were found to agree with the certified value. Due to the use of a relatively large volume (up to 0.36 mL) of sample for direct determination of trace chromium in sea water, the detection limit for chromium is 0.057 ppb.     

Atomic-absorption determination of vanadium and molybdenum in tap water and mineral waters after anion-exchange separation.

A method is described for the determination of vanadium and molybdenum in samples of tap and bottled mineral water. After acidification with citric acid the water sample is heated to about 80°C to remove CO₂; sodium citrate and ascorbic acid are added and the resulting solution of pH 3 is passed through a column of the strongly basic anion-exchange resin Dowex 1-X8 (citrate form) on which both vanadium and molybdenum are adsorbed as anionic citrate complexes. Vanadium is eluted with 6 M hydrochloric acid; molybdenum is recovered with 2 M perchloric acid-1 M hydrochloric acid. Vanadium and molybdenum are determined in the eluates by atomic-absorption spectrometry. The samples analysed contained 0.1–0.9 μg l^?1 vanadium and 0.2–13 μg l^?1 molybdenum.     

Direct determination of lead in polluted sea water by carbon-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

A simple and rapid method is described for the direct determination of lead in polluted sea water by carbon furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Filtered sea water is diluted (1+1) with'deionised distilled water and ammonium nitrate is added to act as a matrix modifier. Aliquots of this mixture are injected into a tantalum-coated graphite tube in a HGA-2200 furnace atomiser operated under gas-stop conditions. With the standard addi- tion method, a detection limit (20) of 1 μg Pb 1^-1 is achieved. Good agreement between the proposed method and results obtained by anodic stripping voltammetry was achieved for samples taken from the Firth of Forth.     

Determination of vanadium in urine by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

After wet ashing of the urine sample with nitric acid, vanadium is chelated with cupferron, extracted into 4-methylpentan-2-one and determined by atomic absorption spectrometry with a pyrolytically-coated graphite furnace atomizer. The sensitivity allows the precise determination of 1–500 μg V l^-1 in urine. The coefficient of variation for triplicate urine measurements is <8% for 10 μg V l^-1.     

Determination of molybdenum in infant formula and human milk by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry with barium difluoride as matrix modifier

A method for the determination of molybdenum in infant formula and human milk by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry was developed and optimized. Samples were injected directly in the graphite tube with barium difluoride as the matrix modifier. The detection limit was 0.89 μg Mo l^?1. The molybdenum levels found in infant formula and human milk were 0.09–2.23 μg Mo g^?1 and 2.32–8.38 μg Mo l^?1, respectively.     

Determination of Traces of Vanadium with 5-Bomosalicylhydroxamic Acid by Solid-Phase Spectrophotometry

Abstract

A microdetermination method at μg 1^?1 levels for vanadium by solid-phase spectrophotometry has been developed. 5-Bromosalicylhydroxamic acid was used as chromogenic reagent to form a 1:2 violet complex which is easily sorbed and concentrated on a dextran-type anion-exchange resin. The resin-phase absorbances at 560 and 850 nm were measured directly. Vanadium can be determined in the 5 - 60 μg 1^?1 range with a RSD of 4.3%. The method is applied to the determination of vanadium in pet roleiim crudes and natural water, samples.     

石墨炉原子吸收法测定钢铁及合金中微量钒

探讨了石墨炉子吸收法测定钢铁及合金中微量钒的各种实验条件及影响因素。实验表明，采用热解涂层管与光控升温相结合并在温度稳定的情况下原子化，可改善信号峰形，提高灵敏度，消除记忆效应。方法用于钢铁及合金中钒的分析，结果令人满意。     

Speciation analysis of vanadium in natural water samples by electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry after separation/preconcentration with thenoyltrifluoroacetone immobilized on microcrystalline naphthalene

A sensitive and simple method for low temperature electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ETV-ICP-OES) determination of V(IV) and V(V) after separation/preconcentration by a micro-column packed with immobilized thenoyltrifluoroacetone (TTA) on microcrystalline naphthalene has been developed. Thenoyltrifluoroacetone was used as both a chelating agent for micro-column separation/preconcentration and a chemical modifier for ETV-ICP-OES determination of vanadium. Both vanadium species could be trapped by micro-column at pH 4.0, and the vanadate (VO₂⁺) ion could be collected selectively at pH 2.4. Solid material loaded with analyte in the micro-column was dissolved with 100 μL of acetone containing 2.0 mmol L⁻¹ TTA and the vanadium was determined subsequently by ETV-ICP-OES. The concentration of vanadyl (VO²⁺) ion was calculated by subtracting the vanadate concentration from the total concentration of vanadium. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the detection limit (3σ) for the preconcentration of 5 mL of aqueous solution is 0.068 μg L⁻¹ for both species and the relative standard deviations were 4.3% for vanadium(V) and 4.8% for vanadium(IV) (c=10 μg L⁻¹, n=7), respectively. The method was applied successfully to the determination of vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) in natural water samples.     

Determination of Trace Vanadium by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry at a Carbon Paste Electrode

A method for the voltammetric determination of vanadium using a carbon paste electrode (CPE) was described. The new procedure is based on the adsorptive accumulation of the V(V)‐alizarin red S(ARS) complex onto the surface of the CPE, followed by the electrochemical reduction of adsorbed species. The optimal experimental conditions include the use of 0.10 mol/L acetate buffer (pH 5.1), 1.0×10^?5 mol/L ARS, an accumulation potential of ?0.10 V (versus SCE), an accumulation time of 2 min, a scan rate of 200 mV/s and a second‐order derivative linear scan mode. The reduction peak for the complex appears at ?0.52 V. The peak current is proportional to the concentration of V(V) over the range of 0.10–15.0 μg/L, and the detection limit is 0.04 μg/L for a 2 min adsorption time. The relative standard deviations(n=8) for 2.0 and 0.50 μg/L V(V) are 3.1 and 4.7%, respectively. The proposed method was applied to the determination of vanadium in water samples.     

Simultaneous determination of cadmium and lead in wine by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

A method has been developed for the direct simultaneous determination of Cd and Pb in white and red wine by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET-AAS) using a transversely heated graphite tube atomizer (THGA) with longitudinal Zeeman-effect background correction. The thermal behavior of both analytes during pyrolysis and atomization stages were investigated in 0.028 mol l⁻¹ HNO₃ and in 1+1 v/v diluted wine using mixtures of Pd(NO₃)₂+Mg(NO₃)₂ and NH₄H₂PO₄+Mg(NO₃)₂ as chemical modifiers. With 5 μg Pd+3 μg Mg as the modifiers and a two-step pyrolysis (10 s at 400°C and 10 s at 600°C), the formation of carbonaceous residues inside the atomizer was avoided. For 20 μl of sample (wine+0.056 mol l⁻¹ HNO₃, 1+1, v/v) dispensed into the graphite tube, analytical curves in the 0.10–1.0 μg l⁻¹ Cd and 5.0–50 μg l⁻¹ Pb ranges were established. The characteristic mass was approximately 0.6 pg for Cd and 33 pg for Pb, and the lifetime of the tube was approximately 400 firings. The limits of detection (LOD) based on integrated absorbance (0.03 μg l⁻¹ for Cd, 0.8 μg l⁻¹ for Pb) exceeded the requirements of Brazilian Food Regulations (decree #55871 from Health Department), which establish the maximum permissible level for Cd at 200 μg l⁻¹ and for Pb at 500 μg l⁻¹. The relative standard deviations (n=12) were typically <8% for Cd and <6% for Pb. The recoveries of Cd and Pb added to wine samples varied from 88 to 107% and 93 to 103%, respectively. The accuracy of the direct determination of Cd and Pb was checked for 10 table wines by comparing the results with those obtained for digested wine using single-element ET-AAS, which were in agreement at the 95% confidence level.     

Direct Determination of Vanadium in Water Samples,Human Hairs,Vegetables, and Foods by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

At present,the considerable attention was greatly paid to the determination of vanadium from the point of vanadium as a kind of biological nutrient element or one kind of industrial sources of pollution. In the paper,we employed graphite furnace AAS (GFAAS) method to determine directly the vanadium in samples, using optically controlled raising temperature combining with pyrolytic coating tube to atomize vanadium under the conditions of stable temperature for the determination of vanadium in samples.     

Determination of Beryllium in Natural Waters Using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry With Tantalum-Coated Graphite Tube

Abstract

In the present paper a method for direct determination of beryllium in natural waters, especially in surface waters, using atomic absorption spectrometry with graphite furnace is described. Two procedures are compared, using an ordinary graphite tube and matrix modifier Mg(NO₃)₂, and using a tantalum coated tube without any modifier added. The detection limit (3[sgrave]) of the proposed method using the tantalum-coated tube is proved to be 0.02 μgBe/1. With the developed method the Be content in natural water samples collected from highly polluted and reference regions of Bohemia were determined. A certified reference material (IAEA/W-4) was also analysed to prove the accuracy of proposed method.     

Extraction Spectrophotometric Determination of Vanadium in Industrial Waste Water

A new and simple extraction spectrophotometric method for the determination of vanadium(V) with KIO₄, N‐phenylbenzohydroxamic acid (PBHA) and crystal violet (CV), in industrial waste water samples is described. It is based on the extraction of mixed‐ligand complex V(V)‐IO₄^? ‐PBHA‐CV⁺ into chloroform solution over 2‐7 MHC1. The molar absorptivity of the complex is (7.20) × 10³1 mol^?1 cm^?1 at λ_max 535 nm. The detection limit of the method is 44 μg 1^?1 V. The linearity of the calibration curve is followed up to 6 μgmL^?1 in the organic solution with slope, intercept and correlation coefficient of 1.34 × 10^?1, 6.7 × 10^?3 and +0.99, respectively. This method enhances the sensitivity of the conventional PBHA method for the determination of vanadium, and is free from interferences of other metal ions commonly associated with vanadium. The method has been successfully tested for the determination of V in the industrial waste water samples.     

Determination of Vanadium in Foods by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

ABSTRACT

A simple and sensitive method for the determination of vanadium in foods was established by using atomic absorption spectrophotometry with graphite furnace atomization. The proposed method includes formation of a chelate-complex by reacting vanadium with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDCA), extracting the chelate with xylene and measurement of the extract by atomic absorption. The recoveries of added vanadium to various foods were 91.3 and 109.1%, within 7.9% of the coefficient variation. The sensitivity of this method is 10 - 50 times higher than previous methods with a detection limit of 0.01 μg/g.     

Determination of Vanadium in Tissues By Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

Abstract

A simple and sensitive method for the determination of vanadium in tissues was established by using atomic absorption spectrophotometry with graphite furnace atomisation. The proposed method includes formation of a chelate-complex by reacting vanadium with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDCA), extracting the chelate with xylene and measurement of the extract using atomic absorption spectrometry. The recoveries of added vanadium in various rat tissues were 96.7 and 109.3%, within 8.6% of the coefficient variation. The sensitivity of this method is 10 – 50 times higher than previous methods, the detection limit is 0.01 μg/g.     

Atomic absorption spectrometric determination of copper in calcium carbonate scale and carbonate rocks by direct atomization of solid samples

Powdered samples (1 mg) are mixed with 1 mg of powdered graphite and copper is determined by atomic absorption spectrometry in a miniature graphite cup placed in a graphite crucible. Optimum conditions were drying at 200 °C (30 s), ashing at 900 °C (30 s), atomizing at 2700 °C (15 s) and cleaning at 2800 °C (10 s). Samples were powdered to 1–10 μm particle size. Magnesium, manganese and iron did not interfere. The effect of calcium carbonate was eliminated by the graphite addition. Results for copper (0.5–5 μg g^?1) in the scale and rocks agreed well with values obtained for dissolved samples. Relative standard deviations (n=10) were 4.9% for 1.2 μg g^?1 copper and 14.8% for 0.577 μg g^?1.     

Determination of submicrogram amounts of vanadium in biological materials by extraction with N-cinnamoyl-N-2,3-xylylhydroxylamine and flameless atomic-absorption spectrometry with an atomizer coated with pyrolytic graphite

A highly sensitive and simple method for determination of vanadium in plants and biological samples by solvent extraction and flameless atomic-absorption spectrometry with a carbon tube coated with pyrolytic graphite is described. After digestion of the sample, vanadium is separated by extraction of its N-cinnamoyl-N-2,3-xylylhydroxylamine complex into carbon tetrachloride from 6M hydrochloric acid medium. The method can be used to determine vanadium in plants and biological samples with average recovery of 94% and coefficient of variation of 14%. The sensitivity (1% absorption) is estimated to be 4 x 10(-11) g.     

Determination of beryllium,barium, vanadium and some other elements in water by atomic absorption spectrometry with electrothermal atomization

The determination of beryllium, barium and vanadium by atomic absorption spectrometry in an uncoated graphite furnace poses several problems, e.g. bad reproducibility, memory effects, etc. These difficulties can be avoided by using tubes coated with pyrolytic graphite and carbide. The optimal temperature for the pyrolytic graphite coating and the quantity of lanthanum that should be introduced for the carbide coating are discussed. Beryllium, barium and vanadium in surface water and tap water can be determined without memory effects and with detection limits of 0.01, 1 and 1μg l^-1, respectively. Good agreement was found with the results obtained by activation analysis and flame or flameless (with uncoated tubes) atomic absorption spectrometry after preconcentration. The lifetime of the coated tubes was increased, and improved results were also found for the determination of other carbide-forming and/or high-melting elements such as molybdenum, cobalt, nickel, copper and chromium.