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Original Articles

Trace level determination of beryllium in natural and flavored mineral waters after pre-concentration using activated carbon

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Pages 455-460 | Received 06 Sep 2010, Accepted 31 Dec 2010, Published online: 18 Feb 2011
 

Abstract

The concentrations of beryllium (Be) in natural and flavored mineral water samples were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (FAAS) after pre-concentration based on the complexation of Be+2 with a mixture of acetylacetone (pentane-2,4-dione) plus morin (3,5,7,2′,4′-pentaoxyflavone) and adsorption on activated carbon. The adsorbed complex was eluted with 1.5 ml of 2.0 M HNO3 and evaporated to dryness. After adding 1.5 ml of 2 M HNO3 and centrifuging, Be in acid solution was determined by FAAS. To remove a number of metals present in water, EDTA was used as a chelating agent. Beryllium in mineral water samples was pre-concentrated by 500-fold, taking 750 ml as initial sample and 1.5 ml as the final volume. The relative standard deviations were sufficiently low for practical purposes and recoveries were up to 85%. Spiking experiments were performed in real samples to establish accuracy and recoveries. The limits of detection and quantification were 0.01 and 0.03 ng ml−1, respectively. Twenty samples were analyzed for their beryllium content using optimum parameters. The highest concentration of beryllium was found to be 0.94 ± 0.15 ng ml−1 in a natural mineral water, while beryllium was not detected in five samples.

Acknowledgements

This study was supported as a scientific research project by TUBITAK-BIDEP-2209.

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