title: Fluorimetric determination of fluoride in a flow assembly integrated on-line to an open/closed FIA system to remove interference by solid phase extraction.
abstract: A simple flow injection fluorimetric method for fluoride determination is proposed. The method is based on the enhanced fluorescence of quercitin-Zr(IV) complex when fluoride ion is present in the sample. An open/closed FIA manifold with a mini-column of Dowex 50W X8 resin was used to remove the most important interference (aluminum). The two FIA assemblies were integrated on-line to automate the pretreatment of the water sample and fluoride determination. The calibration graph was linear over the range 0.1-3.0 mug ml(-1) of fluoride with a correlation coefficient of 0.999 and LOD 0.06 mug ml(-1). The relative standard deviation was 2.5% and the sample throughput was 52 h(-1) without pretreatment and 10 h(-1) with pretreatment of the sample. The method was applied to the determination of fluoride in water samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, FIA Laboratory, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Av. Alem 1253, 8000, Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garrido
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lista
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palomeque
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Fernández Band