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TALANTA
Volume 54, Issue 5, Pages 935-942Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-9140(01)00362-9
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copper; on-line preconcentration; atomic absorption spectrometry; PTFE
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A new flow injection on-line adsorption preconcentration system adapted to flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) for copper determination at the mug l(-1) level was developed. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) turnings packed in a mini-column were used as sorbent material. The copper ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (APDC) complex was sorbed on the PTFE turnings, from which it could be eluted on-line instantly by isobutyl methyl ketone (IBMK) into the flame at a flow rate of 2.3 ml min(-1). The system was optimized and offered good performance characteristics with practically unlimited life time, greater flow rates and improved flexibility, as compared with other sorbent materials and the knotted reactor preconcentration systems. With 1 min preconcentration time, and a sample frequency of 40 h(-1), the enhancement factor was 340, which could be further improved by increasing the preconcentration time. The detection limit was c(L) = 0.05 mug l(-1), and the precision was 1.5%, at the 2.0 mug l(-1) Cu level. The method has been applied successfully to the analysis of potable, river and seawater, and its accuracy was tested by the analysis of certified reference materials and by recovery measurements on spiked samples. No significant interferences exist from other substances usually occurring in natural water. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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