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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 95, Issue 2, Pages 158-163Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2009.11.002
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Cathodic stripping voltammetry; Copper; Uranium; Platinum; UV photolysis; ICP-MS
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A low cost, high performance ultraviolet digester was developed and tested in our laboratory Its main features include limited costs (around 600 (sic) for all the parts) and high efficiency toward total organic carbon (TOC) abatement As a result the TOC of typical natural waters is reduced to less than 10% of its initial value with half an hour treatment Easiness of use, temperature control and flexibility in sample size (up to 25 mL) and number (up to twelve 12 mL test tube) are other important characteristics of the developed UV digester This apparatus was tested as a pretreatment method for the determination of the total content of trace elements such as copper, uranium and platinum in natural waters by cathodic adsorptive stripping voltammetry. The voltammetric technique was chosen because it is strongly interfered by the presence of even low levels of natural organic complexing molecules. As a result, a 30 minute UV treatment yielded results non distinguishable from ICP-MS data (C) 2009 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
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