INTRODUCTION As regards a significant intake of wild growing edible mushrooms, especially in East and Central Europe, concentrations of toxic elements should be periodically analysed. The aim of the study was to assess changes in concentrations of selected trace elements (Ba, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr and Zn) in a mushroom species, Xerocomus badius. MATERIAL AND METHODS Xerocomus bad...

A simple and reproducible method for the rapid extraction and determination of trace amounts of copper (II) ions using octadecyl-bonded silica membrane disks modified by Functionalized Graphene with octadecylamine (ODA–GO) and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry is presented. The method is based on complex formation on the surface of the ENVI-18 DISK TM disks followed by stripping of the retained sp...

It is generally supposed that the preconcentration procedure is used for the determination of metal concentrations under the sensitivity of the measurement method. This study showed that preconcentration is also need for the beryllium (Be) concentration over the sensitivity of atomic absorption spectrometry. For this purpose, a simple and selective method for the determination of Be in solid sa...

O desempenho analítico do acoplamento de geração de hidretos com sistema de aprisionamento de átomos (HG-IAT) em espectrometria de absorção atômica com chama (FAAS) foi avaliado para determinação de In e Tl em material de referência. Hidretos de índio (InH 3 ) e tálio (TlH) foram atomizados em sistema IAT aquecido em chama ar-acetileno. Investigou-se um novo arranjo da técnica hifenizada HG-IAT...

Several procedures for the determination of Ca, Mg and Sr in soils have been compared on the basis of the accuracy of analysis of two NIST reference materials (Montana Soils SRM 2710 and SRM 2711). Samples were dissolved in a mixture of hydrofluoric and nitric acids in sealed vessels in a microwave oven and in teflon beakers on a hot plate. The digests obtained from both dissolution methods wer...

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Article history: Received 9 December 2013 Received in revised form 10 January 2014 Accepted 10 January 2014 Available online xxxx