title: Atomic absorption spectrophotometric determination of tin in canned foods, using nitric acid-hydrochloric acid digestion and nitrous oxide-acetylene flame: collaborative study.
abstract: Twenty-six collaborators participated in a study to evaluate an atomic absorption spectrophotometric (AAS) method for the determination of tin in canned foods. The 5 foods evaluated were meat, pineapple juice, tomato paste, evaporated milk, and green beans, each spiked at 2 levels. The concentration range of tin in the samples was 10-450 micrograms/g, and each level was sent as a blind duplicate. Statistical treatment of results revealed no laboratory outliers and 6 individual or replicate-total outliers, accounting for 3.3% of the data. Repeatability (within-laboratory) coefficient of variation (CVo) ranged from 2.2 to 48%, depending on the tin level and food evaluated. For samples containing greater than or equal to 80 micrograms/g of tin, repeatability CV averaged 5.6% including outliers and 3.7% after their rejection. Overall among-laboratories coefficient of variation (CVx) varied from 3.3 to 58%; at levels greater than or equal to 80 micrograms/g, it averaged 7.3% with outliers and 5.3% after their rejection. Recovery of tin, based on spiking levels, ranged from 100.0 to 112.8% and averaged 105.4%. Detection limit range is 2-10 micrograms/g, and lower quantitation limit is 40 micrograms/g. This method has been adopted official first action.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Dabeka
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Albert
mesh_terms: D000114:Acetylene; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005504:Food Analysis; D005519:Food Preservation; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid; D007225:Infant Food / Q000032:analysis; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis; D008892:Milk / Q000032:analysis; D009566:Nitrates; D017942:Nitric Acid; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014001:Tin / Q000032:analysis*; D014675:Vegetables / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D017942:Nitric Acid; D014001:Tin; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D000114:Acetylene; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid