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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 97, Issue 2, Pages 118-121Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2010.08.006
Keywords
Cloud point; TS-FF-AAS; Cadmium; Soft drink; Factorial design
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG)
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
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Cloud point extraction (CPE) is proposed as a preconcentration procedure for the determination of Cd in soft drinks by thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (TS-FF-AAS). The cadmium reacted with pyridyl-azo-naphthol (PAN) to form hydrophobic chelates, which were extracted into the micelles of Triton X-114 in a solution buffered at pH 9. NaCl was used for the phase separation. The variables which affect the preconcentration were optimized using a 2(3) factorial design and central composite design (CCD). A response surface maximum point was obtained, and the critical values were a concentration of 0.13 mmol L-1 PAN, 0.03% m/v Triton X-114 and 2.3% m/v NaCl. Under the optimized conditions, after the extraction and preconcentration steps, a sample volume of 100 mu L. was introduced into the hot Ni tube using water as the carrier at a flow rate of 0.4 mL min(-1). The values obtained for the detection limit, relative standard deviation and preconcentration factor were 0.0178 mu g L-1, 4.1% (n = 8) and 55.5, respectively. The accuracy of the proposed method was demonstrated by performing addition-recovery experiments. Recoveries varied from 88 to 104%. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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