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This paper presents the development of an on-line pre-concentration system to determine cadmium(II) in aqueous samples. The analyte was trapped in a mini-column filled with Al(2)O(3) in the form of macro-spheres obtained by the mixture of Al(NO(3))(3).9H(2)O(aq) and chitosan dissolved in acetic acid. The mixture was dropped into an NH(4)OH aqueous solution under rigorous agitation using a peristaltic pump, the macro-spheres were separated from alkaline solution and dried, and finally were submitted to thermal treatment. The pre-concentration system was linear between 1.0 and 100 microg L(-1), with a linearity of 0.999, sensitivity of 3.58 x 10(-3)L microg(-1) and enrichment factor of 21.9. The limits of detection and quantification were 0.08 microg L(-1) and 0.28 microg L(-1), respectively. The repeatability was between 2.6 and 5.9%. Recovery tests were carried out with a real aqueous sample.
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Óxido de Alumínio/química , Cádmio/análise , Cádmio/química , Abastecimento de Água/análise , Adsorção , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Íons/química , Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura , Sistemas On-Line , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Espectrofotometria Atômica , Difração de Raios XRESUMO
A new chelating resin based on chitosan biopolymer modified with 5-sulphonic acid 8-hydroxyquinoline using the spray drying technique for immobilization is proposed. The chelating resin was characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) and surface area by nitrogen sorption. The efficiency of the chelating resin was evaluated by the preconcentration of metal ions Cu(II) and Cd(II) present in aqueous samples in trace amounts. The metal ions were previously enriched in a minicolumn and the concentrations of the analytes were determined on-line by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The maximum retention for Cu(II) occurred in the pH range 8-10, and for Cd(II) at pH 7. The optimum flow rate for sorption was found to be 7.2mlmin(-1) for the preconcentration of the metal ions. The analytes gave relative standard deviations (R.S.D.) of 0.7 and 0.6% for solutions containing 20mugl(-1) of Cu(II) and 15mugl(-1) of Cd (II), respectively (n=7). The enrichment factors for Cu(II) and Cd (II) were 19.1 and 13.9, respectively, and the limits of detection (LOD) were 0.2mugl(-1) for Cd(II) and 0.3mugl(-1) for Cu(II), using a preconcentration time of 90s (n=11). The accuracy of the proposed method was evaluated by the metal ion recovery technique, in the analysis of potable water and water from a lake, with recoveries being between 97.2 and 107.3%.
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This study presents a new procedure for the determination of trace levels of copper(II) in an aqueous matrix, through flow injection (FI) on-line preconcentration with a minicolumn packed with silica gel modified with 3(1-imidazolyl)propyl groups. After the preconcentration stage, the analyte was eluted with a HNO(3) solution and determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The measurements of the analytical signals were carried out as peak area and peak height with the objective of evaluating the most appropriate absorption measurement for the proposed method. Four procedures to calculate the experimental enrichment factor (EF) were also studied. For a preconcentration time of 90s the enrichment factors found in this study varied between 19.5-25.8 and 36.2-42.2 for peak area and peak height, respectively. The precision of the proposed method was calculated for a solution containing 20mugl(-1) of Cu(II), when 11.2ml of solution was preconcentrated (n=7), and their respective relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) values were 1.2 and 1.4% for peak area and peak height, respectively. The detection limits obtained were 0.4 and 0.2mugl(-1) of Cu(II) for peak area and peak height, respectively, with a preconcentration time of 90s. The on-line preconcentration system accuracy was evaluated through a recovery test on the aqueous samples and analysis of a certified material.