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  • Title: Use of transition elements to enhance sensitivity for selenium determination by graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectrophotometry combined with solvent extraction with the APDC-MIBK system.
    Author: Kamada T, Yamamoto Y.
    Journal: Talanta; 1980 Jun; 27(6):473-6. PubMed ID: 18962711.
    Abstract:
    A microanalytical method for the measurement of selenium in waters and biological materials by a flameless atomic-absorption technique has been developed. The ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate-methyl isobutyl ketone extraction system is used for separation from interfering materials such as large amounts of alkali and alkaline earth metal salts and mineral acids. The atomic-absorption sensitivity for selenium is found to be enhanced to a large extent by co-extraction of some transition metal ions. Copper(II) has been used successfully as such an additive to diminish the volatility of selenium in the graphite furnace during the ashing step of the atomization cycle. When the aqueous phase/organic solvent volume ratio is 5 and the volume injected into the graphite furnace is 20 mul, the sensitivity for selenium is 0.3 ng/ml for 1% absorption. The relative standard deviation is ca. 2%. Interference by other metal ions is prevented by masking with EDTA. The method has been applied satisfactorily for the determination of minute amounts of selenium in waters and various biological materials.
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