title: Determination of arsenic in urine and feces by dry ashing, atomic absorption spectrometry.
abstract: A dry ashing flameless atomic absorption procedure was used to determine fish-arsenic in human urine and feces. Samples were dry ashed with Mg(NO3)2--MgO and dissolved in 6N HCl. Arsine was generated by the addition of NaBH4 and swept into a thermally heated silica tube furnace. Recoveries of several arsenic compounds added to samples ranged from 85 to 117%. The detection limit was about 3 ppb as for 10 g sample. Effects of the presence of common cations, anions and acids were studied.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis* / Q000652:urine; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis*; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001151:Arsenic