title: Determination of vanadium in human hair slurries by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry.
abstract: This work describes an analytical procedure for vanadium determination in human hair slurries by electrothermal AAS using longitudinal heating (LHGA) and transversal heating (THGA) graphite furnace atomizers. The samples were powdered using cryogenic grinding and the hair slurries containing 0.2% (m/v) were prepared in three different media for determination of vanadium: 0.14molL(-1) HNO(3), 0.1% (v/v) Triton X-100 and 0.1% (v/v) water soluble tertiary amines (CFA-C, pH 8). The limits of detection (LOD), limits of quantification (LOQ), and characteristic masses obtained were 0.28, 0.95mugL(-1) and 35pg (LHGA) and 0.34, 1.13mugL(-1) and 78pg (THGA), respectively. The accuracy of the analytical results obtained by the proposed procedure in both equipments was confirmed by a paired t-test at the 95% confidence level and compared with a conventional procedure based on acid digestion.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Análise Instrumental Aplicada, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Caixa Postal 676, São Carlos SP 13560-970, Brazil; Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, São Carlos SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kelly G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Ana Rita A
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: José A Gomes
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.forename: Joaquim A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nóbrega