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TALANTA
Volume 80, Issue 1, Pages 158-162Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.06.055
Keywords
Aluminum; Water sample; 8-Hydroxyquinoline; Triton X-114; Cloud point extraction
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A separation/preconcentration of aluminum (III) (Al3+) has been developed to overcome the problem of high matrix species, which may interfere with the determination of trace quantity of Al3+ in natural water samples. The separation of Al3+ in water samples was carried out from interfering cations by complexing them with 2-methyle 8-hyroxyquinoline (quinaldine) on activated silica. Whereas the separated trace amounts of Al3+ was preconcentrated by cloud point extraction (CPE), as prior step to its determination by spectrofluorimetry (SPF) and flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The Al3+ react with 8-hydroxyquinoline (oxine) and then entrapped in non-ionic surfactant Triton X-114. The main factors affecting CPE efficiency, such as pH of sample solution, concentration of oxine and Triton X-114, equilibration temperature and time period for shaking were investigated in detail. The validity of separation/preconcentration of Al3+ was checked by certified reference material of water (SRM-1643e). After optimization of the complexation and extraction conditions, a preconcentration factor of 20 was obtained for Al3+ in 10 mL of natural water samples. The relative standard deviation for 6 replicates containing 100 mu g L-1 of Al3+ was 5.41 and 4.53% for SPF and FAAS, respectively. The proposed method has been applied for determination of trace amount of Al3+ in natural watersamples with satisfactory results. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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