The Thermo Scientific iCE 3000 Series Atomic Absorption Spectrometers are the ideal tool for the accurate and rapid determination of multiple trace elements in rice products. Flame atomic absorption can be used as a fast screening tool for the analysis of nutritional elements such as copper, manganese and zinc, while graphite furnace atomic absorption can be used for the accurate determination ...

A highly selective, rapid and economical differential pulse polarographic method has been developed for the determination of trace amounts of cadmium and lead present together in various standard alloys and biological samples after adsorption of their 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol complexes on microcrystalline naphthalene. Cadmium and lead complexes are equantitatively adsorbed on microcrysta...

iron is quantitatively retained on an adsorbent made by coprecipitation of 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulfonic acid (tiron) and tetradecyldimethylbenzylammonium choride (tdba) an microcrystalline naphthalene as a slurry or packed in a column, in the ph range 6.0-9.0 from a large volumes of aqueous solutions (up to 200 ml on microcrystalline naphthalene and up to 500 ml of aqueous solutions in t...

extraction of trace amounts of toxic heavy metals from complicated environmental matrixes is a  challenging task. the aim of this investigation is the comparison of the extraction efficiencies and other related experimental variables ( chemicals, effect of ph, potential interfering ions) on the determination of inorganic lead ( ) which is present in waste water of dye industries. compared techn...

The concentrations of various trace elements and radionuclides have been measured in marine protein concentrates prepared from surface feeding fishes. As with concentrates prepared from benthic fishes, the 210Pb-210Po pair are the most significant radionuclides present. Concentrations of stable Pb, Co and Ag in certain concentrates are sufficiently high to contribute substantially to estimated ...

Trace element composition in plant biomass could be used as an indicator of environmental stress, management practices and restoration success. A longitudinal study was conducted to compare Pb, Cd, and Cu content in seagrass Syringodium filiforme collected at a former bombing range in Puerto Rico with those of a Biosphere Reserve under similar geoclimatic conditions. Trace elements were measure...

Previous studies revealed that Honghu Lake was polluted by trace elements due to anthropogenic activities. This study investigated the spatial distribution of trace elements in Honghu Lake, and identified the major pollutants and control areas based on the fuzzy health risk assessment at screening level. The mean total content of trace elements in surface water decreased in the order of Zn (18....

a partial least squares (pls) calibration model was developed for the simultaneous spectrophotometricdetermination of pb (ιι), cu (ιι) and ni (ιι) using xylenol orange as a chromogenic reagent. the parameterscontrolling behavior of the system were investigated and optimum conditions were selected. the calibrationgraphs were linear in the ranges of 0.0–9.091, 0.0–2.719 and 0.0–2.381 ppm for lead...

Determination of selenium in biological and environmental samples is usually difficult due to its trace or ultra-trace quantities, pre-concentration stages, destruction of organic matrices by acid digestion and oxygen plasma combustion followed by separation from interfering metal ions such as ion exchange separation, solvent extraction or hydride generation. Selective separation of selenium is...