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Atomic Spectrometry

Determination of Trace Metals in Fuel Alcohol by FAAS Using Nb2O5–SiO2 as Sorbent Material in a Flow Injection On‐Line Preconcentration System

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Pages 1909-1924 | Received 16 Jan 2004, Accepted 25 Mar 2004, Published online: 25 Oct 2011
 

Abstract

This paper describes an on‐line preconcentration system for the determination of copper(II), cadmium(II), cobalt(II), and zinc(II) in samples of fuel alcohol. The analytes were enriched in a minicolumn containing with silica gel chemically modified with niobium(V) oxide (Nb2O5–SiO2). The metals were desorbed from the minicolumn with a solution of nitric acid and determined on‐line by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). Enrichment factors for copper(II), cadmium(II), cobalt(II), and zinc(II) were 21.3, 23.1, 16.6, and 27.5, respectively, using a preconcentration time of 2 min. Detection limits for copper(II), cadmium(II), cobalt(II), and zinc(II) were 1.4, 0.2, 1.4, and 1.0 µg L−1, respectively. Method precision was evaluated by analyzing an alcoholic solution containing 30 µg L−1 of Cu(II), 15 µg L−1 of Cd(II), 45 µg L−1 of Co(II), and 15 µg L−1 of Zn(II), and their respective relative standard deviation (RSD) were 1.3%, 4.2%, 1.7%, and 1.7% (n = 7). The accuracy of the method was assessed by testing analyte recovery in the fuel alcohol samples.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank Agencia Nacional de Petroleo (ANP) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq, Project 460368/01‐0) for the financial support. Edson Luiz da Silva and Dilma Budziak have a research scholarship from CNPq.

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