Issue 3, 1992

Differential determination of chromium(VI) and total chromium in natural waters using flow injection on-line separation and preconcentration electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

Abstract

A rapid, sensitive and selective method for the differential determination of CrIII and CrVI in natural waters is described. Chromium(VI) can be determined directly by flow injection on-line sorbent extraction preconcentration coupled with electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry using sodium diethyldithiocarbamate as the complexing agent and C18 bonded silica reversed-phase sorbent as the column material. Total Cr can be determined after oxidation of CrIII to CrVI by potassium peroxydisulfate. Chromium(III) can be calculated by difference. The optimum conditions for sorbent extraction of CrVI and oxidation of CrIII to CrVI are evaluated. A 12-fold enhancement in sensitivity compared with direct introduction of 40 µl samples was achieved after preconcentration for 60 s, giving detection limits of 16 ng l–1 for CrVI and 18 ng l–1 for total Cr (based on 3σ). Results obtained for sea-water and river water reference materials were all within the certified range for total Cr with a precision of better than 10% relative standard deviation in the range 100–200 ng l–1. The selectivity of the determination of CrVI was evaluated by analysing spiked reference materials in the presence of CrIII, resulting in quantitative recovery of CrVI.

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Analyst, 1992,117, 629-635

Differential determination of chromium(VI) and total chromium in natural waters using flow injection on-line separation and preconcentration electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

M. Sperling, X. Yin and B. Welz, Analyst, 1992, 117, 629 DOI: 10.1039/AN9921700629

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