title: Determination of Mn, Fe, and Cu in chemically-treated wood pulps by the XRF addition method.
abstract: A rapid X-ray fluorescence addition method has been developed for quantification of the technically most important metals in wood pulp matrix (Mn, Fe, and Cu). Pretreatment consisted of just two steps: first, acid was added to the sample to achieve homogeneous distribution of the metals; the pulp was then pressed lightly on to Mylar film. Total analysis time was less than 10 min. The concentration range investigated was up to 15 mg kg(-1) for Mn and up to 5 mg kg(-1) for Fe and Cu. Metal concentrations in Scandinavian pulps are not expected to exceed these amounts. The quantification limit was 2 mg kg(-1) for all three metals. The reproducibilities and repeatabilities were concentration-dependent and varied between 3 and 19% and between 1 and 17%, respectively. The squares of the linear correlation coefficients between measured intensity and added metal concentration were 0.994, 0.950, and 0.932 for Mn, Fe, and Cu, respectively.
authors.affiliation: VTT Chemical Technology, Finland. Jaakko.Ramo@vtt.fi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rämö
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sillanpää
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klasila
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piepponen