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Automated determination of tin and nickel in brass by on-line anodic electrodissolution and electrothermal atomic
J B Borba da Silva1, M B Oss Giacomelli, I Gonçalves de Souza
1Departamento de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900-Florianópolis SC, Brazil.
Abstract:
The application of an on-line metallic alloy dissolution system using anodic electrodissolution in a flow injection system for the determination of tin and nickel in copper alloys is described. After the electrolyzed material was collected in the autosampler cup, determination was carried out using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). Using specific software developed in Turbo Pascal 7.0, it is possible to control electrolysis time, intensity of the applied current, and triggering of the three-way solenoid valves that push the fluids. Through manipulation of these variables, it is possible to adjust the analytical signal to within the working range of the spectrometer. Calibration of the spectrometer was accomplished by processing reference material. For tin, relative standard deviations for a series of measurements (n=5) performed on the same point and on different points of the sample was smaller than 2 and 4%, respectively; for nickel, 2 and 5%, respectively. The results for tin and nickel were in good agreement with those obtained through application of the classical methodology, as well as with data obtained by optical emission spectrometry. The detection limit for tin was 0.001% (w/w), whereas for nickel it was 0.003% (w/w). The analytical throughput is 30 samples h(-1).
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