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Published on: September 1, 2017
A fast and feasible method for Br and I determination in whole egg powder and its fractions by ICP-MS
Isis Gonçalves Toralles1, Gilberto Silva Coelho1, Vanize Cadeira Costa1
1Centro de Ciências Químicas, Farmacêuticas e de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 96160-000 Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
Abstract:
A method for Br and I determination in whole egg powder and its fractions (egg white and yolk) was developed by combining microwave-induced combustion (MIC) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Using the MIC method, 350mg of whole egg powder and its fractions were efficiently digested using 50mmolL-1NH4OH as an absorbing solution. The limits of detection for Br and I using the MIC method followed by ICP-MS determination were 0.039 and 0.015μgg-1, respectively. Using the proposed method, agreements with the reference values between 97 and 104% for Br and I were obtained by analysis of reference material NIST 8435. Finally, it was possible to observe that Br concentration (4.59-5.29μgg-1) was higher than I (0.150-2.28μgg-1) for all the evaluated samples.
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