determination of trace elements in food is of great importance, as some of them have nutritional significance, whilst others are toxic. long-term exposure to low levels of toxic metals could be important, especially in relation to children. differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (dpasv) is applied to simultaneous determination of lead, cadmium, copper and zinc in dry ash infant formula...

Background: cold-induced aggregation micro extraction based (CIAME) based on ionic liquid was used as a rapid and simple method for determination trace amounts of cadmium and lead in milk powder by analysis with flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). Methods: Sample solution containing of Cd2+ and Pb2+ in dynamic range, phosphate buffer (pH = 9, 3 ml), diethyl dithiocarbamate (complexin...

The common practice of remediating metal contaminated mine soils with compost can reduce metal mobility and promote revegetation, but the effect of introduced or colonising earthworms on metal solubility is largely unknown. We amended soils from an As/Cu (1150 mg As kg(-1) and 362 mg Cu kg(-1)) and Pb/Zn mine (4550 mg Pb kg(-1) and 908 mg Zn kg(-1)) with 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20% compost and then in...

The collection of denarii from the time of development of a Polish medieval state was studied using the proton induced X-ray emission spectroscopy. The major elements detected for these denarii are Ag and Cu, while minor elements such as Pb, Fe, Au, Bi, and Zn may also be present. The aim of the study was to cross-compare the results with a previous micro-X-ray fluorescence data and to perform ...

A uranium-lead zircon age for a volcanic ash interstratified with fossil-bearing, shallow marine siliciclastic rocks in the Zimnie Gory section of the White Sea region indicates that a diverse assemblage of body and trace fossils occurred before 555.3 +/- 0.3 million years ago. This age is a minimum for the oldest well-documented triploblastic bilaterian Kimberella. It also makes co-occurring t...

Thallium is commonly found with lead, zinc, iron, tellurium and the alkalis . It is normally present only at trace level (¡10 μg L−1) in natural waters. It is toxic and is on several regulatory lists . Determination of trace amounts of thallium is of great importance because of its toxic nature and also because of its increasing industrial applications . The main sources of thallium pollution a...

background: cold-induced aggregation micro extraction based (ciame) based on ionic liquid was used as a rapid and simple method for determination trace amounts of cadmium and lead in milk powder by analysis with flame atomic absorption spectrometry (faas). methods: sample solution containing of cd2+ and pb2+ in dynamic range, phosphate buffer (ph = 9, 3 ml), diethyl dithiocarbamate (complexing ...

In this paper, a self-manufactured lead(II)-selective electrode, which was based on the use of lead(II) ion imprinted polymer particles (IIPs) to detect lead ions, was studied using differential pulse voltammetry. The synthesis and preparation of the IIPs was by precipitation polymerization with methacrylic acid (function monomer and lead-binding ligand), ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (the cro...