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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 78, Issue 1, Pages 77-83Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2004.03.014
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preconcentration; cadmium; PAR
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A method for preconcentration and determination of trace amounts of cadmium in high saline samples is described. It is based on the adsorption of the metal in the activated carbon as complex cadmium(II)-4-(2-pyridylazo-resorcinol) (PAR). The final determination was carried by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The optimization of extraction parameters such as the pH effect, PAR mass, activated carbon mass and shaking time was carried out using a two-level full factorial design (2(4)) and two Doehlert matrix designs. The results of the factorial design, considering the analysis of variance (ANOVA), demonstrate that all these factors are statistically significant, as well as the interactions (pH x PAR mass), (pH x activated carbon mass) and (activated carbon mass x shaking time). The final optimization was carried out using Doehlert matrix designs considering the results of the factorial design. The recoveries were quantitative (96.0-106.7%) for seawater samples spiked with Cd at concentrations of 0.125 and 0.625 mug l(-1). A preconcentration factor of 149 was obtained. The effect of diverse metallic ions on the proposed procedure was investigated too. The procedure was used for cadmium determination in surface seawater samples collected in Salvador City, Brazil. The cadmium content in the analysed samples varies from 0.035 to 0.17 mug l(-1). These results are agreement with other data reported in the literature. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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