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Masking, chelation, and solvent extraction for the determination of sub-parts-per-million levels of trace elements in high iron and salt matrices

Journal Article · · Anal. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00298a061· OSTI ID:5569540
The ammonium pyrrolidine-N-carbodithioate (APCD or APDC) and a 4-methyl-2-pentanone (methyl isobutyl ketone or MIBK) system for the chelation and extraction of transition metals was investigated over the pH range of 0 < pH < 12. This system eliminated the interferences associated with high total dissolved solids. The masking effects of ammonium citrate and Tiron (4,5-dihydroxybenzene-1,3-disulfonic acid) were investigated for the extraction of Cd/sup 2 +/, Co/sup 2 +/, Cu/sup 2 +/, Cr/sup 3 +/, Cr/sup 6 +/, Hg/sup 2 +/, Ni/sup 2 +/, Pb/sup 2 +/, Tl/sup +/, and Zn/sup 2 +/. Iron was effectively masked by citrate and Tiron above pH 8.0 and 6.5, respectively. All of the metals investigated, except Cr/sup 3 +/ and Cr/sup 6 +/, were efficiently extracted by the APCD-MIBK system. The addition of NaCl as a salting-out agent made it possible to concentrate the metals from 20 volumes of aqueous sample into one volume of organic solvent. This enabled Cd/sup 2 +/, Co/sup 2 +/, Cu/sup 2 +/, Ni/sup 2 +/, Pb/sup 2 +/, and Zn/sup 2 +/ to be determined at the parts-per-billion level by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM
OSTI ID:
5569540
Journal Information:
Anal. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Anal. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 58:7; ISSN ANCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English