Determination of selenium in biological materials with platform furnace atomic-absorption spectroscopy and Zeeman background correction

The Analyst ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 108 (1292) ◽  
pp. 1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Carnrick ◽  
D. C. Manning ◽  
W. Slavin
Author(s):  
A A Bouman ◽  
A J Platenkamp ◽  
F D Posma

Urinary cobalt was determined by flameless atomic absorption spectroscopy. Three methods were compared: (i) direct analysis with deuterium background correction after 11-fold dilution with distilled water (method D), (ii) analysis with deuterium background correction after extraction of cobalt from the urinary matrix in organic solution (method E), and (iii) direct analysis with Zeeman background correction (method Z). The detection limit of the direct analysis of urinary cobalt with deuterium background correction was 6 μg/L, this appeared to be insufficient for the determination of reference values and moderate enlarged cobalt values. Comparison of the extraction method and the Zeeman method revealed that these methods have similar reference values, detection limits, precision and recovery.


1994 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Bradley ◽  
F Y Leung

Abstract We compared a stabilized-temperature L'vov platform furnace containing an end-heated graphite atomizer (HGA) and transverse Zeeman background-correction system with a side-heated furnace system (transversely heated graphite atomizer; THGA) containing a longitudinal Zeeman background-correction system for the determination of aluminum in plasma and urine. The regression statistics for the correlation analysis of the two systems (slope coefficient = 0.995, intercept = -1.710, Sy/x = 0.021 micrograms/L) indicate that the systems generate comparable results. The newer technology of the THGA furnace with its more uniform and faster heating cycle allows a lower atomization temperature for aluminum, 2200 degrees C. Analyte carryover was significantly reduced in the THGA furnace system. The THGA system generates results equivalent to HGA in about one-third less time, thus making possible a greater throughput of samples in a busy laboratory.


1971 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 555-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuo Uchida ◽  
Chuzo Iida ◽  
Norimasa Yasuhara ◽  
Masashi Nakagawa

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