title: Simultaneous determination of Cd and Fe in beans and soil of different regions of Brazil using high-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry and direct solid sampling.
abstract: A fast routine screening method for the simultaneous determination of cadmium and iron in bean and soil samples is proposed, using high-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry and direct solid sampling. The primary absorption line at 228.802 nm has been used for the determination of cadmium, and an adjacent secondary line, at 228.726 nm, for iron. Fourteen bean samples and 10 soil samples from nine states all over Brazil have been analyzed. The limits of detection (3 sigma, n = 10) were 2.0 microg kg(-1) for Cd and 4.5 mg kg(-1) for Fe. The relative standard deviation ranged from 4 to 7% for Cd and from 5 to 28% for Fe, which is usually acceptable for a screening method. The accuracy of the method has been confirmed by the analysis of two certified reference materials; the results were in agreement with the certified values at a 95% confidence interval.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianopolis-SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lisia M G
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Welz
authors.forename: Rennan G O
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: Silvana do C
authors.initials: Sdo C
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Maria Goreti R
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Vale
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.forename: Irland B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Gonzaga Martens
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Becker-Ross
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D002104:Cadmium; D006108:Graphite; D007501:Iron