title: Determination of tin and triorganotin compounds in sea-water by graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectrophotometry.
abstract: An analytical method based on graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectrophotometry employing a suitable signal-enhancing medium for determination of inorganic tin and two of its trisubstituted organic derivatives in sea-water has been established. This method allows determination of triphenyltin and tributyltin compounds down to 2 x 10(-12) and 2.8 x 10(-12)M respectively by means of enrichment by collection on graphitized carbon black (enrichment factor up to 8 x 10(4)) and a separation on a small silica-gel column. Inorganic tin, which is not adsorbed on the graphitized carbon black, is isolated from the matrix by liquid-liquid extraction of its pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate complex into dichloromethane. The method gives good recovery (95%) and precision ( less, similar5%) at the ng/l. level.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá di Roma "La Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5-00185, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cardarelli
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Petronio