title: Effect of the chemical species of arsenic on sensitivity in graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry.
abstract: The sensitivity of graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) to arsenobetaine (AB) was 1.3-times higher than to inorganic As. In order to understand the mechanism underlying this observation, the atomization processes for both chemical species were investigated in terms of the enthalpy change (DeltaH) during the atomization process in GFAAS. The enthalpy change of AB was slightly lower than that of inorganic As, which suggested that AB was atomized more efficiently than was inorganic As. Moreover, it was observed that some co-existing organic materials enhanced the analytical sensitivity of inorganic As. The sensitivity difference between inorganic As and AB depended upon the mechanisms of their atomization processes.
authors.affiliation: National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. tomohiro-narukawa@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Narukawa
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroiwa
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Narushima
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chiba
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D001152:Arsenicals / Q000032:analysis*; D002138:Calibration; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001152:Arsenicals; D006108:Graphite; D001151:Arsenic; C038992:arsenobetaine