Determination of selenium in small biological samples by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry
Thesis/Dissertation
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OSTI ID:6082383
Initial work on developing a method for selenium determination in biological samples was conducted using a graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer with deuterium-background-correction. This instrument was inadequate for the task and was replaced with a Zeeman background-corrected spectrometer. A method for the determination of biological selenium was developed using Zeeman graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry with calibration against aqueous standards. Data is presented on the recovery of selenium from NBS Bovine Liver 1577a. A microwave digestion method using nitric acid was applied to samples weighing only a few milligrams. A novel matrix modifier system was employed which caused biological selenium to behave like inorganic selenium standards with regard to appearance time and peak shape. This system was a 1:1 v/v mixture of 1200 mg/L palladium nitrate and 1000 mg/L copper nitrate used as the modifier solution, and 0.1% Triton X-100 added to standards and samples. The overall average selenium recovery from 0.005-0.650 gram samples of the liver SRM was 98.1 {plus minus} 5.4% (n = 38) by direct calibration, and 101.4 {plus minus} 3.8% (n = 16) by standard additions calibration using this method.
- Research Organization:
- Memphis State Univ., TN (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6082383
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400102* -- Chemical & Spectral Procedures
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
CALIBRATION
CARBON
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER NITRATES
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ELEMENTAL MINERALS
ELEMENTS
FURNACES
GRAPHITE
HEATING
LIVER CELLS
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
MICROWAVE HEATING
MINERALS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS
PALLADIUM NITRATES
SAMPLE PREPARATION
SELENIUM
SEMIMETALS
SOMATIC CELLS
SPECTROSCOPY
SURFACTANTS
SWINE
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES
ZEEMAN EFFECT
400102* -- Chemical & Spectral Procedures
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
CALIBRATION
CARBON
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER NITRATES
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ELEMENTAL MINERALS
ELEMENTS
FURNACES
GRAPHITE
HEATING
LIVER CELLS
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
MICROWAVE HEATING
MINERALS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS
PALLADIUM NITRATES
SAMPLE PREPARATION
SELENIUM
SEMIMETALS
SOMATIC CELLS
SPECTROSCOPY
SURFACTANTS
SWINE
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES
ZEEMAN EFFECT