ISSN:
1436-5073
Keywords:
preconcentration
;
coprecipitation
;
magnesium oxinate
;
trace heavy metals
;
water analysis
;
electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract Nanogram quantities of heavy metals in 200 ml of water were quantitatively preconcentrated by coprecipitation with magnesium oxinate at pH 9–9.5. The precipitate was collected on a 1-μm Nuclepore membrane filter and then dissolved in 5 ml of 1 mol/l nitric acid. After diluting to 10 ml with water, a 10- or 20-μl aliquot of the solution was directly analyzed by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry using deuterium background correction. The background absorption due to the collector magnesium oxinate was negligibly small. The optimized coprecipitation technique has been applied to the determination of cobalt, nickel, copper, cadmium and lead at the ppt level in river and seawater. The relative standard deviations were within 10% and the detection limits were 0.025 (for Co), 0.019 (for Ni), 0.006 (for Cu), 0.001 (for Cd) and 0.017 μg/l (for Pb). Blanks through the whole procedure were not detectable.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01244953
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