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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 95, Issue 2, Pages 306-310Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2010.01.005
Keywords
Pb determination; On-line cloud point extraction; PTFE-minicolumn; Drinking water; USN-ICP OES
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET)
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (FONCYT) (PICT-BID)
- Universidad Nacional de San Luis (Argentina)
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A novel method for the determination of Pb by on-line cloud point extraction coupled to inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry with ultrasonic nebulization (USN-ICP OES) is presented The cloud point system was formed in the presence of non-ionic micelles of polyethyleneglycolmono-p-nonylphenyether (PONPE 7 5) and was retained in a minicolumn filled with particles of PTFE. Since the micelles of PONPE were able to extract Pb from the solutions, the use of a complexing reagent was not necessary Afterwards, the surfactant-rich phase containing the analyte was removed from the minicolumn with nitric acid and introduced into the ultrasonic nebulizer. A total enhancement factor of 150 was obtained for a preconcentration time of 3 3 min, with respect to the direct determination of Pb by conventional ICP OES The values of the detection (3 sigma) and quantification (10 sigma) limits for the preconcentration of 10 mL of sample solution were 009 mu g L(-1) and 02 mu g L(-1) respectively The precision, expressed as the relative standard deviation (RSD), for 10 replicate determinations at 50 mu g L(-1) Pb level was 6.0% Verification of the accuracy was carried out by analysis of two certified reference materials (NIST SRM 1640e and VKI QC Metal LL1) The method was successfully applied to the determination of Pb in drinking water samples (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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