We made sensitive and accurate electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric measurements of vanadium in small volumes of serum. The wet-digested sample was extracted into an organic solvent, with N-benzoyl-N-(o-tolyl)hydroxylamine (BTA) as the chelating reagent. After evaporating the solvent, we dissolved the residue in acetic acid, and injected a 60-microL aliquot into a graphite furnace. In...

Marcio V. Reboucas,* Sergio L. C. Ferreira and Benicio de Barros Neto Braskem S. A., Unidade de Insumos Básicos, Laboratório, Rua Eteno 1561, Complexo Petroquı́mico de Camacari, Camacari-Bahia, Brazil 42810-000. E-mail: [email protected] Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Quı́mica, Departamento de Quı́mica Analitica, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil 4017...

A procedure for the determination of the total content of arsenic in urine, serum and blood by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) is described. Zeeman correction is used to compensate the high background signals. The samples are diluted (1 + 1 for urine and 1 + 3 for both serum and blood samples) in a medium containing 0.1% w/v Triton X-100 before being introduced directly in...

Eight laboratories participated in an interlaboratory method performance (collaborative) study of a method for the determination of arsenic in foodstuffs of marine origin by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry after wet digestion using a microwave oven technique. The study was preceded by a practice round of familiarization samples. The method was tested on 8 materials (cod roe, krill...

Tetramethylene dithiocarbamate (TMDTC), diethyldithiocarbamate (DEDTC), and thiourea were investigated as stabilizing agents for calibration purposes in the determination of mercury using solid sampling electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (SS-ETAAS). These agents were used for complexation of mercury in calibration solutions and its thermal stabilization in a solid sampling platform. ...

2. Referenced Documents 2.1 ASTM Standards: D1318 Test Method for Sodium in Residual Fuel Oil (Flame Photometric Method) D3237 Test Method for Lead in Gasoline by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy D3340 Test Method for Lithium and Sodium in Lubricating Greases by Flame Photometer D3605 Test Method for Trace Metals in Gas Turbine Fuels by Atomic Absorption and Flame Emission Spectroscopy D3831 Test...

The great diversity of methods for measuring manganese in biological materials (serum, plasma, whole blood, urine, spinal fluid, and hair) reflects the difficulty in measuring extremely small quantities of this element. Detailed examination of these methods demonstrates that the one most used is flameless atomic absorption spectrometry. In this review we report the different instrument settings...

Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry was used to determine aluminium and chromium in different types of baby foods. Samples without previous treatment were introduced into the atomizer as suspensions, which were prepared in a medium containing 0.1% (w/v) Triton X-100 (for chromium) or 10% (v/v) ethanol (for aluminium), 5% (v/v) concentrated hydrogen peroxide, and 0.5% (v/v) concentrate...

An electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric procedure for the determination of nickel in active pharmaceutical ingredients was developed. Since the recoveries of nickel by the direct dissolution of samples in diluted nitric acid were low and caused errors in the determination of Ni in pharmaceutical samples, different approaches for sample pre-treatment were examined. It was found that th...

A fully automated procedure for the determination of rhodium has been developed using flow injection (FI) on-line microcolumn preconcentration coupled with electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). The proposed FI manifold and its operation make possible the introduction of the total eluate volume into the graphite atomizer, avoiding the necessity for optimisation of subsampling th...