An alternative method for the determination of trace levels of fluoride in drinking and sea-water samples is presented. It is based on the formation of the aluminium monofluoride complex in excess of Al3+ and separation of the two species formed (AlF2+ and Al3+) in a small (5 cm long, CG2) ion exchange guard column. The final determination is accomplished by both ICP-MS specific detection and p...

Four types of edible tubercular roots cultivated in Saudi Arabia are analysed through sequential determination of certain essential and toxic trace elements by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). Comparable runs carried out using both flame and graphite atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Radish proved to contain the highest concentration level of iron (>21 μg/g...

A laboratory investigation provided preliminary comparison of trace element contaminant water treatment capabilities for four iron-based filter materials. The iron-based filter materials tested were zero-valent iron (ZVI), porous iron composite (PIC), sulfur modified iron (SMI), and iron oxide/hydroxide (IOH). Two types of trace element contaminant solutions were tested, one combined As, Cr, an...

Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry was applied to the determination of trace impurities in tantalum powder. The matrix effects of tantalum in the determination of trace level impurities such as Cr, Fe, Nb, Ni, and Ti were studied by measuring the intensities of each trace element in solution at various concentrations of tantalum. As the concentration of the interfering ele...

A new simple, very sensitive, selective and accurate procedure for the determination of trace amounts of iron(II) by solid-phase spectrophotometry (SPS) has been developed. The procedure is based on fixation of iron(II) as 2,3-dichloro-6-(3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-1-naphthylazo)quinoxaline on a styrene-divinylbenzene anion-exchange resin. The absorbance of resin sorbed iron(II) complex is measured di...

The aim of this work was the determination of trace metals (Pb, Zn, Ni, Cu, and Fe) concentrations in different plants collected in the vicinity of a phosphogypsum stack in Wiślinka (northern Poland). The measurements of trace metals were determined by two methods: AAS (atomic absorption spectrometry) and OESICP (atomic emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma). Enhanced levels of ...