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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 72, Issue 15, Pages 3523-3531Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac000221n
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Volatile species of Ag, Au, Cu, Zn, Cd, and As were generated at room temperature by the addition of sodium tetrahydroborate(III) to an acidified solution of the analytes, The vapor-phase species were rapidly transported to a heated quartz tube atomizer (QTA) for detection by atomic absorption spectrometry. A univariate approach was used to achieve optimized conditions and derive analytical figures of merit. The analytes are released from solution as molecular species (likely as metal hydrides) and are (partially) atomized in the QTA under nonoptimized conditions. Detection limits range from 1.8 (Zn) to 420 ng (Au). The efficiency of the generation process is estimated to be 92 +/- 4% for An. Loss of analyte during transport to the QTA was minimized through use of the minimum length of narrow-bore Teflon transfer line possible.
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