Analysis of Laboratory Animal Feed for Toxic and Essential Elements by Atomic Absorption and Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Emission Spectrometry

1981 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 1284-1290
Author(s):  
William M Blakemore ◽  
Stanley M Billedeau
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Absorption ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Argon Plasma ◽  
Elemental Mercury ◽  
Plasma Source ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Oxidation Catalyst ◽  
Emission Spectrometry ◽  
Inductively Coupled

Abstract Analytical procedures are described for the determination of arsenic, cadmium, calcium, copper, lead, mercury, selenium, and zinc in animal feed. Mercury is determined by digesting the feed sample in a mixture of concentrated nitric and sulfuric acids with vanadium pentoxide added as an oxidation catalyst, reducing with stannous chloride, and sweeping the elemental mercury into an absorption tube for measurement by atomic absorption (AA) spectrophotometry. Arsenic and selenium are determined simultaneously by digesting the sample with a mixture of concentrated nitric, sulfuric, and perchloric acids; the hydrides of arsenic and selenium, which are formed with the addition of sodium borohydride, are swept into an argon-hydrogen flame for analysis by AA. A low temperature ash is prepared and dissolved in 1N HNO3 for the analysis of calcium, copper, and zinc by emission spectroscopy using the inductively coupled argon plasma source; the same solution is used for the determination of cadmium and lead by flameless AA. Animal feed spiked with 3 levels of each of the 8 elements gave recoveries that ranged from 80 to 107%.

Simultaneous Sorption of Chelates of Elements with Organic Reagents on Amberlite XAD-2 as a Preconcentration Step for the Emission Spectrometric Determination of the Elements

1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (8) ◽  
pp. 1821-1831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Jambor ◽  
Tomáš Javorek
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Argon Plasma ◽  
Electric Arc ◽  
Emission Spectrometry ◽  
Organic Reagents ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Simultaneous Sorption

The macrophorous hydrophobic sorbent Amberlite XAD-2 proved to be well suited to the preconcentration of minority amounts of Al, Au, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, Ti and V in the form of their chelates with organic reagents. From among 14 reagents tested, 8-hydroxyquinoline and diethyldithiocarbamate appeared most suitable for the quantitative sorption up to level of 1 μg l-1 of analyte. Emission spectrometry served as the analytical finish; the nitrous oxide-acetylene flame, electric arc and inductively coupled argon plasma were chosen according to the nature of the element. The procedure is convenient for the determination of the minority analytes in waters

The Determination of Trace Amounts of Tin by Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry with Volatile Hydride Method

1983 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 539-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taketoshi Nakahara
Keyword(s):  
Argon Plasma ◽  
Standard Reference Materials ◽  
Emission Spectrometry ◽  
Present System ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry ◽  
Linear Calibration ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Relative Standard

A sensitive method is described for the determination of trace amounts of tin, based on continuous sodium borohydride reduction of tin in solution to gaseous stannane. The stannane generated is introduced into a relatively low-powered (1.6 kW) inductively coupled argon plasma source. The effects of a range of acids and interelement effects are investigated. Mixtures of nitric and succinic acids and of nitric and malic acids are the most suitable reaction media, especially in the presence of interferents. The method of standard additions is recommended for accurate tin determination. Compared to a conventional solution nebulization, the present system gives a sensitivity increase of a factor of approximately 3 orders of magnitude. The detection limit for tin is 0.05 ng/ml and precision values at 20 and 50 ng/ml Sn are less than 3% relative standard deviation. The linear calibration range spans nearly 5 orders of magnitude. The proposed method is applied to the determination of tin in low alloyed steels and in National Bureau of Standards standard reference materials (Cu-Ni alloy, orchard leaves, wheat flour, and rice flour).

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