Using calmagite as the compleximetric agent in spectro-photometric measurements of magnesium in serum involves a nonspecific matrix effect, which may bias results by as much as 25 to 30% if aqueous standards are used in serum assays. We have overcome this effect by simply adding 5 pL of the amphoteric detergent Empigen BB (300 g/L; Albright and Wilson Ltd., Whitehaven, U.K.) to each reaction cu...

some heavy metals are dangerous to health and there is rising concern about the quality of foodstuffs in some parts of the world. fish, particularly tuna fish, can concentrate huge quantities of several metals from water and they even play a significant role in human nourishment. objectives: in this study, the concentrations of mercury and four trace metals in five brands of canned tuna samples...

The levels of total mercury and methyl mercury were measured in 40 tuna cans prepared from Persian Gulf tuna, in Tehran, Iran during 2010. The total mercury and methyl mercury concentrations were determined with a GBC 906 AA flame atomic absorption spectrometer (FAAS) and a Thermo gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS), respectively. The results showed that the means of total mercury and m...

Calibration in atomic-absorption spectrometry is achieved by means of a concentrationgradient chamber using a single concentrated standard solution. Calibration is rapid and extends over the entire working concentration range of the analyte, irrespective of the shape of the conventionally obtained calibration curve. No curve-fitting approximations are involved. With well-designed apparatus, dev...

The concentration of toxic metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil, their bioaccumulation Lumbricus terrestris areas around Kolo Creek, Niger Delta, Nigeria were evaluated this study. 12 soil samples collected from 4 sites, while also where obtained. Toxic extracted using aqua regia quantified with a flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Extraction PAHs was achieved by l...

Zinc concentrations in CSF were determined with flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry in patients assumed to have a normal CSF. No sex difference was found. There was a correlation between zinc, protein and albumin concentrations in CSF. In patients with increased protein levels in CSF or subarachnoid haemorrhage increased zinc concentrations were found.

absorption spectrometry was developed. The performance of retain transition metal ions. After the sample loading step, the the on-line preconcentration system was tested by determining metal ions are stripped from the column with a suitable eluent Cu and Mo in sea-water. Calibration graphs constructed from and directly injected into the nebulizer of a flame atomic the preconcentration of standa...