title: In-situ separation of chromium(III) and chromium(VI) and sequential ETV-ICP-AES determination using acetylacetone and PTFE as chemical modifiers.
abstract: Electrothermal vaporization-inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ETV-ICP-ES) has been used for the sequential determination of Cr(III) and Cr(VI). The method is based on the difference between the chelate reactions of the two Cr species and acetylacetone. Cr(III) chelate was separated from Cr(VI) and determined with use of acetylacetone as chemical modifier. The retained Cr(VI) in graphite tube was analyzed subsequently, after addition of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as chemical modifier. The different factors affecting the vaporization behavior of Cr(III) acetylacetonate were investigated in detail. The detection limits for Cr (III) and Cr(VI) were 0.56 and 1.4 ng mL(-1), respectively, and relative standard deviations for 0.1 microg mL(-1) Cr(III) and 0.1 microg mL(-1) Cr(VI) were 2.5% (n = 6) and 4.8% (n = 6), respectively. The linear ranges of the calibration curve for both Cr(IIl) and Cr(VI) covered three orders of magnitude. The proposed method was used to analyze water samples with satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, PR China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D002857:Chromium / Q000032:analysis*; D010422:Pentanones / Q000737:chemistry*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000737:chemistry*; D011786:Quality Control; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014835:Volatilization; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D010422:Pentanones; D014867:Water; D002857:Chromium; C008790:acetylacetone; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene