title: Preconcentration of molybdenum, antimony and vanadium in gasolsine samples using Dowex 1-x8 resin and their determination with inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry.
abstract: Strong ion exchangers (Dowex 50W-x8 and Dowex 1-x8) were used for the separation and preconcentration of trace amounts of Mo, Sb and V in gasoline samples. Dowex 1-x8 resin was found to be suitable for the quantitative retention of these metal ions from organic matrices. The elution of the metal ions from Dowex 1-x8 resin was achieved by using 2.0 mol L(-1) HNO3 solution. The Dowex 1-x8 preconcentration and separation method gave an enrichment factor of 120 with limits of detection equal to 0.14, 0.05 and 0.03 μg L(-1) for Mo, Sb and V, respectively. The limits of quantification were found to be 0.48, 0.18 and 0.10 μg L(-1) for Mo, Sb and V, respectively. Under optimized conditions, the relative standard deviations of the proposed method (n=20) were <4%. The accuracy of Dowex 1-x8 preconcentration procedure was verified by the recovery test in the spiked samples of gasoline sample. The Dowex 1-x8 preconcentration method was applied to Conostan custom made oil based certified reference material for the determination of Mo, Sb and V. The results of the paired t-test at a 95% confidence level showed no significant difference. The separation and preconcentration procedure was also applied to the gasoline samples collected from different filling stations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2028, South Africa.
authors.forename: Philiswa N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Nomngongo
authors.forename: J Catherine
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ngila
authors.forename: Joseph N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kamau
authors.forename: Titus A M
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Msagati
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moodley