Ion-Exchange Paper—X-Ray Emission Procedure for Determination of Microgram Quantities of Mercury

1964 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-394
Author(s):  
William B Link ◽  
Keith S Heine ◽  
J H Jones ◽  
Percy Wattlington

Abstract A method has been developed for determining 1 μg of mercury in 100 ml of aqueous acid solution with a precision of ± 0.25 μg. In the method, the mercury is adsorbed by anion resinloaded paper and determined by X-ray emission spectroscopy. The method gave 75—125% recoveries of 1 μg of mercury from acid solutions containing 10 g of sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, iron oxide, magnesium carbonate, and calcium carbonate, and satisfactory recoveries from the HCl extract of carbon, barium sulfate, chromic oxide, bentonite, kaolin, talc, titanium dioxide, and magnesium stearate. Substantial changes in flow rate or acid concentration seem to have little effect on mercury absorption from HC1 solution. Mercury in zinc oxide or bismuth oxychloride cannot be determined by this technique.

2014 ◽  
Vol 925 ◽  
pp. 304-307
Author(s):  
Azyuni Aziz ◽  
Fatin Hana Naning ◽  
Syed Abdul Malik ◽  
Reza Zamiri

Morphology of thin film poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) embedded with nanosphere-and nanorod-shape Zinc Oxide (ZnO) has been studied. We deposited the materials on quartz substrate using spin coating technique. The morphology of P3HT: ZnO thin films were investigated using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray emission spectroscopy (EDX) and RAMAN Spectroscopy and compared. Based on size and shape of both ZnO, it can be seen that nanospheres in P3HT was found to be better than ZnO nanorods in P3HT.


2021 ◽  
pp. 124-131
Author(s):  
A.V. Alekseev ◽  
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G.V. Orlov ◽  
P.S. Petrov ◽  
A.V. Slavin ◽  
...  

The determination of the elements Cu, Ni, Sb, Bi, Pb, Zn and Fe in the tin-based solder VPr35, as well as the elements Sn, Ni, Sb, Bi and In in the lead-based VPr40 solder by the method of х-ray fluorescence spectroscopy has been carried out. The calibration dependences are corrected taking into account the superposition of signals from interfering elements on the analytical signal and changes in intensity caused by inter-element influences in the matrix. The analysis was carried out by the method of fundamental parameters without using standard samples. The correctness of the results obtained was confirmed by their comparative analysis by atomic emission spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry with a glow discharge.


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 1609-1616 ◽  
Author(s):  
LÊ H. Dao ◽  
Gérard Perrier ◽  
Kenneth Cole

A new polymorph of hydroxyaluminum phthalocyanine (PcAlOH) was obtained when PcAlOH thin film was exposed to aqueous acid solutions. The new polymorph, which is characterized by infrared, near-infrared, and visible absorption spectrometry and X-ray diffractometry, shows enhanced photoactivity in a photoelectrochemical solar cell device.


2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Riyaz Ahmad Dar ◽  
Gowhar Ahmad Naikoo ◽  
Ashwini Kumar Srivastava ◽  
Israr Ul Hassan ◽  
Shashi P. Karna ◽  
...  

AbstractGraphene: zinc oxide nanocomposite (GN:ZnO NC) platform was tried for the sensitive determination of para-nitrophenol (p-NP) through the electrochemical method. ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by the modified wet-chemical method where in potassium hydroxide and zinc nitrate were used as precursors and starch as a stabilizing agent. A green and facile approach was applied to synthesize GN:ZnO NC in which glucose was employed as a reductant to reduce graphene-oxide to graphene in the presence of ZnO NPs. The synthesized NC was characterized using scanning and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray analysis, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopic techniques to examine the crystal phase, crystallinity, morphology, chemical composition and phase structure. GN:ZnO NC layer deposited over the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was initially probed for its electrochemical performance using the standard 1 mM K3[Fe(CN)6] model complex. GN:ZnO NC modified GCE was monitored based on p-NP concentration. An enhanced current response was observed in 0.1 M phosphate buffer of pH 6.8 for the determination of p-NP in a linear working range of 0.09 × 10–6 to 21.80 × 10–6 M with a lower detection limit of 8.8 × 10–9 M employing square wave adsorptive stripping voltammetric technique at a deposition-potential and deposition-time of − 1.0 V and 300 s, respectively. This electrochemical sensor displayed very high specificity for p-NP with no observed interference from some other possible interfering substances such as 2, 4-di-NP, ortho-NP, and meta-NP. The developed strategy was useful for sensitive detection of p-NP quantity in canals/rivers and ground H2O samples with good recoveries.


1988 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 177-183
Author(s):  
J Purton ◽  
D S Urch ◽  
N G West

AbstractHigh resolution x-ray emission spectroscopy (HRXES) has been used to record the Si Kβ spectra of a variety of minerals. Distinct changes in peak profile can be related to mineral typo. Representatives spectra were chosen and incorporated, into a computer programme to allow the determination of free silica in binary and quaternary mixtures. The potential of HRXES for the analysis of airborne dust samples is discussed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 546-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas V. Schwab ◽  
José Augusto Da-Col ◽  
Juliana Terra ◽  
Maria Izabel M. S. Bueno

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