Multi‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Sorbent for Flow Injection On‐Line Microcolumn Preconcentration Coupled with Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry for Determination of Cadmium and Copper

Abstract

Multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) were used as sorbent for flow injection (FI) on‐line microcolumn preconcentration coupled with flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) for determination of trace cadmium and copper in environmental and biological samples. Effective preconcentration of trace cadmium and copper was achieved in a pH range of 4.5–6.5 and 5.0–7.5, respectively. The retained cadmium and copper were efficiently eluted with 0.5 mol L^?1 HCl for on‐line FAAS determination. The MWNTs packed microcolumn exhibited fairly fast kinetics for the adsorption of cadmium and copper, permitting the use of high sample flow rates up to at least 7.8 mL min^?1 for the FI on‐line microcolumn preconcentration system without loss of the retention efficiency. With a preconcentration time of 60 sec at a sample loading flow rate of 4.3 mL min^?1, the enhancement factor was 24 for cadmium and 25 for copper at a sample throughput of 45 h^?1. The detection limits (3σ) were 0.30 and 0.11 µg L^?1 for Cd and Cu, respectively. The precision (RSD) for 11 replicate measurements was 2.1% at the 10‐µg L^?1 Cd level and 2.4% at the 10‐µg L^?1 Cu level. The developed method was successfully applied to the determination of trace Cd and Cu in a variety of environmental and biological samples.     

Enhancement of Sensitivity for Antimony Determination in Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry by Introducing Stibine into an Argon-Hydrogen Flame

Abstract

The sensitivity of antimony determination with atomic absorption spectrophotometry is enhanced to a large extent by introducing stibine gas into an argon-hydrogen flame. As a reducing agent, zinc tablet made from the zinc powder paste with water is successfully used for quantitative and rapid productions of stibine from antimony (III) solution. The sensitivity for 1% absorption of the signal is estimated to be about 0.004 ppm of antimony.     

有机悬浮固化分散液-液微萃取测定水样中痕量铅

建立了以二乙基二硫代氨基甲酸钠为配位剂,十二醇为萃取剂,乙醇为分散剂的悬浮固化分散液-液微萃取—火焰原子吸收光谱法测定水样中痕量铅的方法。详细探讨了影响萃取效率的因素。优化条件为:二乙基二硫代氨基甲酸钠的用量为10-6 mol,十二醇体积为90.00μL,乙醇体积为1.00 mL,pH为7.00。在最佳条件下,铅的检出限为1.12μg/L,富集倍率为16.00,线性范围5.00～600.00μg/L,对含有20.00μg/L和600.00μg/L Pb的标准溶液平行萃取测定11次,测定结果的RSD分别为3.73%和2.62%。本方法应用于自来水、河水及海水中痕量铅的分析,加标回收率为90.10%～100.70%。     

反应性挤出加工制备无卤阻燃高分子材料

聚合物反应性加工集聚合物加工与化学反应为一体,以聚合物加工装置为反应器,通过聚合物加工过程中的化学反应形成新物质和新结构,实现高分子材料的高性能化和功能化,是高分子材料科学的研究前沿之一.本文简要介绍了我们研究小组近年来采用反应性挤出加工制备高性能无卤阻燃高分子材料方面的研究进展.利用反应性挤出加工剪切力强、温度可控以及易于传质传热的特点实现了常规方法难以合成的高黏阻燃剂三聚氰胺磷酸盐季戊四醇酯（MPP）和三聚氰胺氰尿酸（MCA）的高效合成,制备了综合性能优良的聚丙烯/MPP、尼龙6/MCA等无卤阻燃高分子材料.研究所涉及的化学和物理方法,为聚合物无卤阻燃提供了高效、经济、环保和易于工业化的新技术,并拓宽了聚合物反应性加工的应用领域.     

Determination of Cu(II), Fe(III), Mn(II) and Zn(II) in various samples after preconcentration with Rhizopus oryzae loaded natural cellulose (almond bark)

A procedure for the pre-concentration of Cu(II), Fe(III), Mn(II) and Zn(II) is described utilising a minicolumn of natural cellulose (almond bark) modified with fungus (Rhizopus oryzae) prior to their determination by high-resolution continuum source flame atomic absorption spectrometry (HR-CS FAAS). The optimum pre-concentration conditions such as pH and flow rate for the analytes have been investigated. The analytes were quantitatively retained on the column between pH 6 and 8. Elution was made with 10 mL 1 M HCl solution. Under the optimum conditions, recoveries were found as 97 ± 3%, 96 ± 3%, 98 ± 3% and 94 ± 2% for Cu(II), Fe(III), Mn(II) and Zn(II), respectively, at 95% confidence level. The detection limits obtained from preconcentration of 50 mL of blank solutions (n = 11) were 1.6, 1.8, 2.8 and 1.2 µg L^?1 for Cu(II), Fe(III), Mn(II) and Zn(II), respectively. Relative standard deviations (RSD) of the recoveries for five replicate analyses were lower than 3%. The proposed method was validated by analysing certified reference materials (Peach Leaves SRM 1547 and Fish Tissue IAEA-407). Determination of the Cu(II), Fe(III), Mn(II) and Zn(II) in K?z?l?rmak River water, green beans, beans leave and tomato leaves and fish (Tinca tinca) tissue samples was performed by the proposed method.     

Fe3O4@SiO2@Bacillus pumilis: magnetised solid phase bio-extractor for preconcentration of Pb(II) and Cu(II) from water samples

ABSTRACT

In this study, preconcentration and separation of Cu(II) and Pb(II) ions by using Fe₃O₄@SiO₂@Bacillus pumilis before their determinations by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) were investigated. The thermophilic Bacillus pumilis were isolated from Meyremderesi spring, ??rnak, Turkey. Effects of important parameters such as pH, adsorbent amount, eluent type, concentration and volume of eluent and sample volume on magnetic solid phase extraction (MSPE) were examined in details. The preconcentration factors for Cu(II) and Pb(II) ions were calculated as 30 and 40, respectively. The accuracy of the proposed extraction procedure was validated analysing certificated reference materials and addition – recovery tests. The concentration of copper and lead were determined in water samples from Turkey by Flame AAS after application developed preconcentration-separation method.     

The Effect of Hydrotalcite and Zinc Oxide on Smoke Suppression of Commercial Rigid PVC

To reduce the smoke release of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) during burning, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and zinc oxide (ZnO) powders were used to modify the polymer. The results indicated that the addition of LDHs‐ZnO had a significant effect on smoke suppression. The limiting oxygen index (LOI) reached a maximum value and the smoke density rank (SDR) exhibited a minimum value when the weight percentages of LDHs and ZnO in PVC were 3% and 2%, respectively. Thermal stabilities of the modified PVC and degradation products were investigated by means of thermogravimetry and pyrolysis‐gas chromatography‐mass spectra (Py‐GC‐MS). The LDHs‐ZnO obviously accelerated the decomposition of PVC to release hydrogen chloride, and the decomposed PVC consequently produced the trans‐conjugated polyene sequences, which easily formed crosslinked structures. However, a cyclization reaction in PVC chain without the additives produced aromatic compounds such as benzene, toluene, and naphthalene at 350°C. Even though, an amount of aromatic compounds was released from the PVC modified with LDHs‐ZnO at the temperature of 600°C, the content of the decomposed products is relatively lower compared to unmodified PVC.     

Isolation,Concentration and Subsequent Analysis by Capillary Gas Chromatography of Trace Amounts of Organophosphorus Compounds from Aqueous Samples

Abstract

Trace amounts (ppb or less) of phosphorus containing compounds present in aqueous samples are adsorbed on XAD-4 and subsequently eluted by means of ethyl acetate. The solvent and the eluted compounds are evaporated and swept over a Tenax-GC tube. This gas stripping method traps the phosphorus containing compounds together with only a small amount of the solvent whereas the water entrapped in the XAD step is removed simultaneously. The compounds are desorbed from the Tenax-GC tube and injected into the gas chromatograph using the combination of thermal desorption, cold trapping and flash heating. The subsequent analysis is carried out on a capillary column and the compounds are detected by means of a flame photometric detector. The various steps of the analytical procedure are discussed, including the recoveries of the different compounds studied and some instrumental aspects.     

Tandem use of solid-phase extraction and dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction for the determination of mononitrotoluenes in aquatic environment

Solid‐phase extraction (SPE) in tandem with dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) has been developed for the determination of mononitrotoluenes (MNTs) in several aquatic samples using gas chromatography‐flame ionization (GC‐FID) detection system. In the hyphenated SPE‐DLLME, initially MNTs were extracted from a large volume of aqueous samples (100 mL) into a 500‐mg octadecyl silane (C₁₈) sorbent. After the elution of analytes from the sorbent with acetonitrile, the obtained solution was put under the DLLME procedure, so that the extra preconcentration factors could be achieved. The parameters influencing the extraction efficiency such as breakthrough volume, type and volume of the elution solvent (disperser solvent) and extracting solvent, as well as the salt addition, were studied and optimized. The calibration curves were linear in the range of 0.5–500 μg/L and the limit of detection for all analytes was found to be 0.2 μg/L. The relative standard deviations (for 0.75 μg/L of MNTs) without internal standard varied from 2.0 to 6.4% (n=5). The relative recoveries of the well, river and sea water samples, spiked at the concentration level of 0.75 μg/L of the analytes, were in the range of 85–118%.     

鼠模型的水稻锌、铁生物有效性快速检测研究

选用4个水稻品种(Ⅱ优838、协优46、Ⅱ优2070、Ⅱ优3027)对小白鼠进行饲养,饲养时间设置为15、30和45 d,并用火焰原子分光光度法测量小白鼠血清和稻米中的Zn、Fe含量。结果表明,最佳饲养时间为30 d,Fe生物有效性由高到低为:Ⅱ优838,Ⅱ优2070,协优46,Ⅱ优3027,Zn生物有效性由高到低为:Ⅱ优2070,Ⅱ优838,协优46,Ⅱ优3027。