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Determination of tin and titanium in soils, sediments and sludges using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry
Ignacio López-García1, Isabel Arnau-Jerez, Natalia Campillo
1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Murcia E-30071, Spain.
Abstract:
Fast-heating programmes for determining titanium and tin in soils, sediments and sludges using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) with slurry sampling are developed. For titanium determination, suspensions are prepared by weighing 5-40mg of sample and adding 25ml of a solution containing 50% (v/v) concentrated hydrofluoric acid. For tin determination, suspensions are prepared by weighing up to 300mg of sample and then adding 1ml of a solution containing 25% (v/v) concentrated hydrofluoric acid. Palladium (30mug) and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (7% w/v) are used as matrix modifiers for titanium and tin, respectively. Prior mild heating in a microwave oven is recommended for titanium determination. Calibration is carried out using aqueous standards. The tin and titanium contents of a number of samples obtained by using the slurry approach agree with those obtained by means of a procedure based on the total dissolution of the samples using microwave oven digestion. The reliability of the procedures is also confirmed by analysing several certified reference materials.
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