Determination of trace amounts of gold and silver in high-purity iron and steel by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry after reductive coprecipitation |
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Authors: | T Itagaki T Ashino K Takada |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-2-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | Trace amounts of gold and silver in high-purity iron or steel were preconcentrated by reductive coprecipitation with palladium
using ascorbic acid, and determined by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET-AAS). Both gold and silver could
be simultaneously separated and sensitively determined in 10 metals (aluminum, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, manganese,
molybdenum, nickel, vanadium and zinc). Comparable values were obtained for gold and silver in reference materials (low alloy
steel) by the proposed method and a non-separation method; good agreement was found between the analytical values by both
methods and the certified values. The proposed method is easy, simple and not dependent on sample composition and content.
Moreover, gold and silver in metal samples could be simultaneously separated together with selenium and tellurium. The detection
limits for gold and silver (3 σ) are 0.003 μg g–1 and 0.002 μg g–1, respectively.
Received: 3 February 2000 / Revised: 11 April 2000 / Accepted: 16 April 2000 |
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