Issue 7, 1997

Determination of Thallium in River Sediment by Flow Injection On-line Sorption Preconcentration in a Knotted Reactor Coupled With Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Abstract

A flow injection on-line sorption preconcentration electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric (ETAAS) method was developed for the determination of thallium. The Tl 3+ –tetramethylenedithiocarbamate (pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate) complex formed in strongly acidic medium (0–3 mol l - 1 HNO 3 , 0–3 mol l - 1 H 2 SO 4 , 0–2.5 mol l - 1 HClO 4 or 0–2 mol l - 1 HCl) is sorbed on the inner walls of a PTFE knotted reactor (100 cm × 0.5 mm id) and quantitatively eluted with 45 µl of ethanol. The ETAAS determination is performed in parallel with the preconcentration of the next sample. Using a preconcentration time of 30 s and a sample loading rate of 4.8 ml min -1 , an enhancement factor of 27 is obtained in comparison with direct injection of 45 µl of aqueous solution. The adsorption efficiency is 51%. The detection limit (3s) is 0.015 µg l - 1 and the precision (RSD) is 2.9% for 0.4 µg l - 1 Tl (n = 11). The accuracy of the method is demonstrated by the analysis of a Community Bureau of Reference certified reference material 320 river sediment (indicative value for thallium concentration).

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Analyst, 1997,122, 667-671

Determination of Thallium in River Sediment by Flow Injection On-line Sorption Preconcentration in a Knotted Reactor Coupled With Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

E. Ivanova, X. Yan, W. van Mol and F. Adams, Analyst, 1997, 122, 667 DOI: 10.1039/A608539C

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