title: Technical note: a procedure for the preparation and quantitative analysis of samples for titanium dioxide.
abstract: A procedure was developed for the rapid analysis of titanium dioxide (TiO2) concentrations in feed and fecal samples. Samples were digested in concentrated H2SO4 for 2 h, followed by addition of 30% H2O2, and absorbance was measured at 410 nm. Standards were prepared by spiking blanks with increasing amounts of TiO2, resulting in a linear standard curve. Complete analysis using this procedure can typically be accomplished within 4.5 h. This procedure was compared to a previously published dry-ash procedure for the analysis of TiO2 in bovine fecal samples. Three sources of OM devoid of TiO2 (a forage sample, a bovine fecal sample without Cr2O3, and a bovine fecal sample containing Cr2O3) were spiked with graded amounts (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 mg) of TiO2. With our procedure, TiO2 recoveries averaged 96.7, 97.5, and 98.5%, for the three OM sources, respectively, vs. 74.3, 83.8, and 53.1% for the same samples analyzed using the dry-ash method. These results suggest that our procedure is a rapid and accurate alternative to dry-ash procedures for the determination of TiO2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071-3684, USA.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ludden
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nayigihugu
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D004063:Digestion; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry*; D012418:Ruminants / Q000378:metabolism*; D014025:Titanium / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium