A review on molybdenum determination in solid geological samples

This review highlights the necessity for the development of proper sampling and storage, fast pretreatment methodology followed by highly sensitive detection for the determination of molybdenum in geological samples. Distribution of concentration and chemical speciation of molybdenum analysis in solid geological matrices have also been discussed.     

Substoichiometric determination of silver by Neutron Activation Analysis

A rapid and selective method has been developed for the determination of Ag in biological samples and mineral ores by thermal neutron activation analysis employing substoichiometric extraction with 1,2,3-benzotriazole /1,2,3-BT/ into chloroform. The time required for the radiochemical purification and counting of two samples was 1 h. 4.84 g Ag can be determined with an accuracy of 7.44% and a precision of 3.57%.     

Heavy metal determination in atmospheric particulate matter by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) is employed for its important analytical properties. Fundamentally, INAA is a multi-elemental technique allowing the determination of about 40 elements with a good Limit of Detection. In this paper we applied this nuclear technique to study the element composition in PM10 determining about 30 elements.25 filters were collected in downtown Rome from October 1999 to April 2000 and irradiated at the nuclear reactor Triga Mark II (ENEA-Casaccia Laboratories). The γ-ray measurements have allowed the quali- and quantitative analysis. The element levels in PM10 with the relative correlations have been determined: basically, the concentrations are very low.Furthermore, the enrichment factors of all elements will be reported in order to understand the natural or anthropogenic origins of the particulate matter: some elements may be attributed to long-range transport phenomena from other natural and/or anthropogenic sources.     

Routine determination of mercury,arsenic and selenium by radiochemical Neutron Activation Analysis

A method for the determination of mercury, arsenic and selenium by neutron activation analysis is described. Radiochemical separations are performed by selective distillation followed by electrolysis of mercury on gold and precipitation of arsenic and/or selenium by reduction to the elemental form. The chemical yields are 80–90% for mercury and 90–100% for arsenic and selenium. Interference tests have been carried out with reference to those elements most likely to interfere with the analysis. Detection limits for mercury, arsenic and selenium using 0.1 g of sample are 0.2 ng g^–1, 2 ng g^–1 and 3 ng g^–1, resp. Detection limits can be improved using greater sample size and neutron flux density. Results from the analysis of several NBS standard reference materials are given.     

Ultratrace molybdenum determination in biological samples by graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectrometry

A method is described for molybdenum determination in human serum at sub-ng/ml levels by graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectrometry. Sample preparation involves a nitric acid digestion, chelation with benzohydroxamic acid and extraction into hexanol. A detection limit of 0.1 ng/ml and a characteristic concentration of 0.18 ng/ml for 1% absorption can be achieved. The effectiveness of the method has been demonstrated by analysis of unspiked and spiked human serum, standard reference materials, and comparison with the results obtained by inductively-coupled plasma atomic-emission spectroscopy.     

The Determination by Neutron Activation Analysis of Selected Elements in Cigarettes

Abstract

Neutron activation analysis was used for the determination of Na, Al, CI, K, Ca, Sc, Mn, Cu, Br, and La in the tobacco, mainstream smoke condensate, paper, and dropped ash of the Kentucky Reference Cigarette (IRI). The procedure requires no sample transfers prior to activation and no radiochemical separations before counting.     

The Determination of Co in Plant Materials by Radiochemical Neutron Activation Analysis

The influence of irradiation conditions on the results of Co determination in plant samples by radiochemical neutron activation analysis (RNAA), after the conventional and microwave assisted wet digestion, has been investigated. Nine CRMs of botanical origin were examined. The study has demonstrated that the effectiveness of mineralization depended significantly on the kind of sample and the irradiation conditions. When analyzed CRMs were subjected to long-term irradiation in a high neutron flux, the mineralization using the microwave technique was necessary to obtain the correct results of Co determination in some of the plant samples. It has been proved that microwave digestion in a mixture of HNO₃+H₂O₂+HF should be a standard method of wet ashing, independent on matrix and irradiation conditions.     

Extraction of palladium from natural samples with bismuth diethyldithiocarbamate for Neutron Activation Analysis

Palladium/II/ in aqueous solution can be selectively extracted by bismuth diethyl-dithiocarbamate into chloroform at pH around 3.5. This preconcentration procedure combined with neutron activation analysis provides an extremely sensitive method for measuring low levels of Pd in natural samples. Applications of this method to Pd determination in natural water and in coal fly ash are described.     

Characterization of solar grade silicon by Neutron Activation Analysis

An analytical method using neutron activation was developed in order to orientate and check different silicon elaboration processes either as solid ingots or ribbon shaped. This method without chemical separation after irradiation implies the use of a high efficiency semiconductor detector. A particular attention was paid to different causes of error and to the detection limits really obtained. These limits range from 10⁹ to 10¹⁵ at.cm^–3 for about 30 elements systematically locked for after a 72-h irradiation.     

Multielement Analysis of Iliac Crest Bone by Neutron Activation

The k ₁-method for standardization in INAA specifically tackles the problem of the interpretation of gamma-ray spectra as obtained with highly efficient detectors, as opposed to the k ₀-method. In this paper, results obtained from three NIST reference materials, measured after neutron activation with a gold-lined well-type detector, are presented. It is concluded that the accuracy of the method is better than 1%.     

Neutron activation analysis of 13 minor and trace elements in geological samples

A scheme of analysis for the determination of Na, Mn, U, Th, Hf, Sc, La, Ce, Eu, Tb, Co, Rb and Cs in geological samples using the neutron activation technique has been described. The results obtained in this work on eight geological standard rocks and a trachyte are presented and compared with literature data.     

中子活化分析测定牛奶中的有机卤族化合物

1　引　　言由于有机卤族化合物污染的普遍性和突出的“三致”作用 (致癌、致突变、致畸形 ) ,有机卤族化合物的环境行为一直是环境化学的研究热点 ,也是世界各国重点控制的污染物。有机卤族化合物的分析测定一直由色谱完成 ,但由于该类化合物有成千上万种 ,色谱分析不可能对样品中的所有有机卤族化合物进行定性和定量分析。有研究表明 :色谱分析结果只占实际污染水平的 1%～ 2 6% ,并不能准确反映有机卤族化合物的总体污染水平。中子活化分析 (ＮＡＡ)是目前唯一一种能同时定量测定有机Ｃｌ、Ｂｒ和Ｉ的方法。本工作用中子活化分析测定了牛…     

A rapid method for determining tin and molybdenum in geological samples by flame atomic-absorption spectroscopy

The proposed method uses a lithium metaborate fusion, dissolution of the fusion bead in 15% v v hydrochloric acid, extraction into a 4% solution of trioctylphosphine oxide in methyl isobutyl ketone, and aspiration into a nitrous oxide-acetylene flame. The limits of detection for tin and molybdenum are 1.0 and 0.5 ppm, respectively. Approximately 50 samples can be analysed per day.     

Simultaneous voltammetric determination of molybdenum and copper in biological samples

 A selective, sensitive and reliable voltammetric method for the simultaneous determination of Cu and Mo is developed. Both metals form complexes with 8-hydroxyquinoline (oxine). Mo gives two reduction peaks with oxine in acidic chloride media at −0.52 V and −0.58 V, while copper exhibits only one at −0.14 V. Common heavy metals do not interfere at all. The limit of detection is 0.29 ng/ml for Mo and 0.14 ng/ml for Cu after preconcentration on the hanging mercury drop electrode for 30 s at −0.2 V. The R.S.D. at a concentration level of 10 ng/ml is 3.8% for Cu and 5.3% for Mo. The method is applied to different biological samples. Received: 15 January 1996/Revised: 11 April 1996/Accepted: 16 April 1996     

Spectrofluorimetric determination of molybdenum in some real and environmental samples

A very simple, highly-sensitive and selective quenchofluorimetric method for the rapid determination of molybdenum(VI) in aqueous media is described. The method is based on the instantaneous quenching action by the metal-ion upon the native fluorescence of bathophenanthrolinedisulphonate (4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthrolinedisulphonate) solution [lambda(ex) (max) 288 nm; lambda(em) (max) 444.8 nm] in the optimum pH-range of 3.0-3.7 at room temperature (25 +/- 5 degrees ). The fluorescence quenching is co-linear in the range of 0.01-1.0 ppm molybdenum. Large excesses of over 50 cations, anions and some common complexing agents were found to have no interference. Cu, Ni, Co, Fe and V can be tolerated only up to the corresponding amount of molybdenum. Interference from greater amounts can however be removed by a one-step ion-exchange separation process. The developed method was successfully tested over several standard alloys, synthetic mixtures of various compositions, factory effluents and in spiked environmental waters.     

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Extractable

Instrumental neutron activation analysis was performed to measure the levels of extractable organohalogens (EOX) in the organisms from the Antarctic marine ecosystem. The results show that EOX (EOCl, EOBr and EOI) were found in all the samples analyzed. The highest concentration was determined in the ascidian sample. The concentration order of EOX was mainly EOCl>EOBr>EOI with the exception of nemertine, ascidian, fish and adelie penguin samples. The concentrations of man-made organochlorines (DDTs and CHLs) were analyzed by GC-MS, and the results were compared with the concentrations of EOX determined in the same samples. The results show that the contribution of known man-made organochlorines in EOCl was less than 3%. This means that a large amount of unknown organochlorine compounds is present in Antarctic marine organisms.     

Spectrographic determination of barium and strontium in geological samples

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