The Estimation of Gold in Urine by Flameless Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy

Author(s):  
J. V. Dunckley ◽  
F. A. Staynes

An atomic absorption method is described whereby the gold excreted in the urine of patients undergoing chrysotherapy can be estimated. Gold is precipitated as telluride, dissolved in aqua regia, and extracted into methyl isobutyl ketone for estimation by atomic absorption spectroscopy using graphite furnace atomization.


1979 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 1062-1064
Author(s):  
Shahamat U Khan ◽  
Richard O Cloutier ◽  
Michel Hidiroglou

Abstract A method is presented for determining molybdenum in plant tissue and blood plasma by flame and flameless atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The samples are digested with HNO3- HClO4, and the metal is separated by chelation, extracted into methyl isobutyl ketone, and analyzed by AAS. Recoveries of molybdenum from fortified samples ranged from 92.0 to 98.9%. The limits of detection on the flame and graphite furnace were 10 and 2 ng/mL, respectively.



Author(s):  
G.P. Morie ◽  
P.E. Morrisett

AbstractA method for the determination of trace transition metals in cigarette smoke is described. The smoke particulate matter is digested in nitric acid, the acid is neutralized, and metal ions are complexed with ammonium 1-pyrrolidinecarbodithioate and extracted with methyl isobutyl ketone. The metals are then determined in the organic solvent by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The sensitivity of the method is enhanced by the use of the methyl isobutyl ketone extraction. The method was evaluated for the determination of manganese, copper, iron, and zinc in the total particulate matter of smoke from University of Kentucky reference cigarettes and from commercial cigarettes. The amounts of these metals found in the smoke of a typical commercial filter cigarette are: 0.04 µg Mn, 0.10 µg Cu, 0.8 µg Fe, and 0.6 µg Zn. The method was used to show that cellulose acetate cigarette filters remove about the same percentage of metals as total particulate matter from smoke



1973 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1081-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
J V Dunckley

Abstract An atomic absorption spectrophotometric method is described for estimating gold in the urine of patients undergoing chelation therapy. Variable absorption at 242.8 nm, not due to gold, is avoided by wet-ashing and extraction of gold into methyl isobutyl ketone.



1975 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 562-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Zachariasen ◽  
Ivar Andersen ◽  
Carl Kostol ◽  
Richard Barton

Abstract We describe a technique for determining nickel in serum by flameless atomic absorption, with use of di methylglyoxime. The procedure permits a greater num ber of analyses per technician at a relatively low cost, yet provides acceptable accuracy and reliability. After the sample is evaporated and dry ashed in a muffle fur nace at 560 #{ 176} C for 5 h, the residual salts are dissolved in hydrochloric acid (1 mol/liter). Sodium citrate and di methylglyoxlme are then added for complexation of iron and nickel, respectively. The pH is adjusted to 9 with ammonia and the nickel dimethylglyoxime is extracted with methyl isobutyl ketone. The determination is carried out by injecting 50 µl of the organic phase into the graphite furnace, where the sample is dried at 120 °C and ashed at 1200 °C, respectively.



1994 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
pp. 2227-2234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Václav Stužka ◽  
Jaromír Souček

A new method has been developed for the indirect determination of nitroso- and nitrophenols by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) after extraction of ionic associates involving bipyridylocopper(II) (CuDP) or phenanthrolinocopper(II) (CuPH) complexes. Nitrobenzene and methyl isobutyl ketone appeared to be suitable for the extraction. It was possible to determine several tenths to hundredths of a milligram of nitrophenol in a litre. Extractable associates with CuDP and CuPH are formed by phenols possessing two substituents or by higher molecular weight phenols such as naphthol or hydroxyquinoline. Monosubstituted phenols fail to form associates of this kind.



1993 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren A. Lytle ◽  
Michael R. Schock ◽  
Nicholas R. Dues ◽  
James U. Doerger


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