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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART B-ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY
Volume 57, Issue 5, Pages 967-974Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(02)00030-7
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continuous ultrasound-assisted extraction system; flame atomic absorption spectrometry; copper determination; mussels
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Copper was extracted on-line from solid mussel samples by a simple and rapid continuous ultrasound-assisted extraction system (CUES). The CUES is connected to a flow injection manifold, which permits the on-line flame atomic absorption spectrometric determination of copper. The manifold is simple and the copper signal was obtained for a volume of 250 mul of acid leachate injected into an ultrapure water carrier stream. An experimental design was used for the optimization of the continuous leaching procedure. Compared to off-line ultrasonic-assisted extraction methods, sonication time is reduced by factors of 6-12, the leaching takes place at room temperature (20 degreesC), and the analysis time is reduced because centrifugation was not necessary to separate the liquid phase. The method allowed a total sampling frequency of 11 samples h(-1), with a relative standard deviation for the complete procedure of 2.7% (for a sample containing 2.0 mug g(-1) copper (wet mass, n = 11). The limit of detection was 0.06 mug g(-1) (wet mass) for 30 mg of sample. The analytical procedure was verified for a reference standard material (TORT-1). The analytical procedure was applied to mussel samples from Galicia (Spain). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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