Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1228227 | Microchemical Journal | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In the present work, a simple and sensitive preconcentration-microwave plasma torch-atomic emission spectrometric procedure was carried out for the determination of cobalt and nickel. The method was based upon a flow-injection system with on-line preconcentration of the metal ions on a minicolumn of a strong acid cation-exchange resin. The operation parameters including sample acidity, flow rate, loading time, and eluent concentration, flow rate were studied and optimized. Under the optimal experimental conditions the enrichment factors were calculated as 13.58 and 17.65 for cobalt and nickel, respectively. The relative standard deviations, 3.73% for cobalt and 4.23% for nickel (n = 7), and a sample throughput of 40 hâ 1 were obtained. Furthermore, the limits of detection were shown to be 1.28 and 1.80 μg·Lâ 1 for cobalt and nickel, respectively. The method was applied to the determination of cobalt and nickel in tea samples and the accuracy was assessed through recovery experiments.
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Authors
Xiangfei Kong, Qiong Jia, Weihong Zhou,