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Fabrication of a Dipole-assisted Solid Phase Extraction Microchip for Trace Metal Analysis in Water Samples
Published on: August 7, 2016
Ionic liquid-based single drop microextraction combined with electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry for the
Jamshid L Manzoori1, Mohammad Amjadi, Jafar Abulhassani
1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. manzoori@tabrizu.ac.ir
Abstract:
Room temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [C(4)MIM][PF(6)], was used as an alternative to volatile organic solvents in single drop microextraction-electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (SDME-ETAAS). Manganese was extracted from aqueous solution into a drop of the ionic liquid after complextaion with 1-(2-thiazolylazo)-2-naphthol (TAN) and the drop was directly injected into the graphite furnace. Several variables affecting microextraction efficiency and ETAAS signal, such as pyrolysis and atomization temperature, pH, TAN concentration, extraction time, drop volume and stirring rate were investigated and optimized. In the optimum experimental conditions, the limit of detection (3s) and the enhancement factor were 0.024 microg L(-1) and 30.3, respectively. The relative standard deviation (RSD) for five replicate determinations of 0.5 microg L(-1) Mn(II) was 5.5%. The developed method was validated by the analysis of a certified reference material (NIST SRM 1643e) and applied successfully to the determination of manganese in several natural water samples.
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