Analytical application of flower-shaped nickel nanomaterial for the preconcentration of manganese in domestic wastewater samples

In this study, detection sensitivity of the conventional flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (FAAS) for the determination of manganese (Mn2+) was enhanced by employing a preconcentration method from wastewater samples. Flower-shaped Ni(OH)2 nanomaterials were synthesized and used as sorbent material in preconcentration procedure. With the aim of attaining optimum experimental conditions, effective parameters of extraction method were optimized and these included pH of buffer solution, desorption solvent concentration and volume, mixing type and period, nanoflower amount, and sample volume. The detection limit of the optimized method was determined to be 2.2 mu g L-1, and this correlated to about 41-fold enhancement in detection power relative to direct FAAS measurement. Domestic wastewater was used to test the feasibility of the proposed method to real samples by performing spike recovery experiments. The wastewater sample was spiked at four different concentrations of manganese, and the percent recoveries determined were in the range of 95-120%.

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In this study, the detection sensitivity of a conventional flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (FAAS) for manganese (Mn2+) determination was enhanced by using a preconcentration method on wastewater samples. The synthesis of flower-shaped Ni(OH)2 nanomaterials as sorbent material in the preconcentration procedure was conducted. By optimizing the extraction method, including pH, desorption solvent concentration and volume, mixing type and period, nanoflower amount, and sample volume, the detection limit of the optimized method was determined to be 2.2 μg L-1, achieving a 41-fold enhancement in detection power compared to direct FAAS measurement. Spike recovery experiments with domestic wastewater confirmed the feasibility of the proposed method, with percent recoveries ranging from 95-120%.