Concentration method for the spectrochemical determination of seventeen minor elements in natural water

Analytical Chemistry
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Abstract

A method for the quantitative spectrochemical determination of microgram amounts of 17 minor elements in water is given. The chelating reagents 8-quinolinol, tannic acid, and thionalide are utilized to concentrate traces (1 to 500 μg.) of aluminum, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, gallium, germanium, manganese, nickel, titanium, vanadium, bismuth, lead, molybdenum, cadmium, zinc, and beryllium. Indium is added as a buffer, and palladium is used as an internal standard. The ashed oxides of these 17 metals are subsequently subjected to direct current arcing conditions during spectrum analysis. The method can be used to analyze waters with dissolved solids ranging from less than 100 to more than 100,000 p.p.m. There is no limiting concentration range for the determination of the heavy metals since any volume of sample can be used that will contain a heavy metal concentration within the analytical range of the method. Both the chemical and spectrographic procedures are described, and precision and accuracy data are given.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Concentration method for the spectrochemical determination of seventeen minor elements in natural water
Series title Analytical Chemistry
DOI 10.1021/ac60187a021
Volume 34
Issue 7
Year Published 1962
Language English
Publisher ACS Publications
Description 3 p.
First page 784
Last page 786
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