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Improved measurement of iodine in food samples using inductively coupled plasma isotope dilution mass spectrometry
M Haldimann1, A Eastgate, B Zimmerli
1Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Division of Food Science, 3003 Bern, Switzerland. max.haldimann@bag.admin.ch
Abstract:
A new ICP-MS method for the determination of iodine in food samples is presented. The method makes use of a new miniature cyclonic spray chamber and a concentric glass nebulizer that is designed for low sample uptakes and is operated in a self-aspirating mode. As a consequence the wash-out was accelerated over conventional systems. This configuration allows the direct determination of iodine in mineralized solutions following digestion with nitric acid only. No strong oxidizing reagents such as perchloric acid or lengthy sample preparation were necessary to alter the chemical form of potentially volatile species. The isotope dilution technique using the long-lived isotope 129I was applied to obtain freedom from matrix effects. The present study reports on results for total iodine in selected nutritional and biological reference materials and makes a comparison with instrumental neutron activation analysis.
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