Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 404, Issue 3, Pages 685-691Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5700-1
Keywords
Sequential injection; Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction; Atomic spectrometry; Thallium; Ionic liquid; Polyurethane foam
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A novel, automatic on-line sequential injection dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (SI-DLLME) method, based on 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([Hmim][PF6]) ionic liquid as an extractant solvent was developed and demonstrated for trace thallium determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The ionic liquid was on-line fully dispersed into the aqueous solution in a continuous flow format while the TlBr (4) (-) complex was easily migrated into the fine droplets of the extractant due to the huge contact area of them with the aqueous phase. Furthermore, the extractant was simply retained onto the surface of polyurethane foam packed into a microcolumn. No specific conditions like low temperature are required for extractant isolation. All analytical parameters of the proposed method were investigated and optimized. For 15 mL of sample solution, an enhancement factor of 290, a detection limit of 0.86 mu g L-1 and a precision (RSD) of 2.7% at 20.0 mu g L-1 Tl(I) concentration level, was obtained. The developed method was evaluated by analyzing certified reference materials while good recoveries from environmental and biological samples proved that present method was competitive in practical applications.
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