Determination of cadmium, lead and thallium in highly saline hemodialysis solutions by potentiometric stripping analysis (PSA) |
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Authors: | do Nascimento Paulo Cícero Bohrer Denise de Carvalho Leandro Machado Caon Carla Eliete Pilau Eduardo Vendrame Zilda Baratto Stefanello Raquel |
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Affiliation: | Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97111-970 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Potentiometric stripping analysis (PSA) was investigated to assay simultaneously cadmium, lead and thallium present as contaminants in highly saline solutions used in hemodialysis. The saline matrices were sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium chlorides, sodium acetate, sodium bicarbonate and glucose, which constitute concentrates for hemodialysis. A 1000 μg mL−1 Hg(II) solution was used to prepare the mercury film electrode (MFE) and to carry out the stripping step. After a 30 s accumulation interval the analytes were simultaneously detected in the saline matrices without using masking agents. Determination limits of 80 ng L−1 for cadmium and thallium, and 50 ng L−1 for lead were calculated and a R.S.D. ranging from 0.5 to 2.2% (n = 3) was obtained measuring the analytes directly in commercial hemodialysis saline solutions. Recoveries from spiked samples ranging from 94.6 to 102.0% were obtained. The investigated metals were found in concentrations ranging from 2.7 to 5.7 μg L−1 for cadmium, 27.7 to 75.8 μ L−1 for lead and 9.6 to 18.7 μg L−1 for thallium in commercial hemodialysis solutions. The PSA method showed to be adequate to the quality control of saline concentrates for hemodialysis. |
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Keywords: | Potentiometric stripping analysis Mercury film electrode Hg(II) oxidant solution |
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