Abstract
A magnetic solid phase extraction (MSPE) method for nickel as the 2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylamino-phenol (PADAP) chelate was established prior to flame atomic absorption spectrometric (FAAS) determination. Magnetic multiwalled carbon nanotubes were used as the adsorbent. Analytical parameters affecting the extraction efficiency of nickel such as pH of the medium (8.0), mass of adsorbent (8.0 mg), eluent concentration and volume (4.0 mL of 1 M HNO3), extraction time (6.0 min), and model solution volume (20 mL) were optimized. In addition, matrix effects were investigated. The preconcentration factor was 5. The relative standard deviation was less than 5%. A standard addition recovery study was performed on water samples to evaluate the accuracy of the method and certified reference materials were used for validation. The limits of detection (LOD) and quantitation (LOQ) were 7.1 µg L−1 and 24.4 µg L−1, respectively. The proposed method was applied to determine nickel in tobacco samples.
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Funding
The authors are grateful for the financial support of the Unit of the Scientific Research Projects of Erciyes University (FYL-2021-11170). The authors thank Erciyes University Technology Research and Application Center (ERU-TAUM) for use of the instrumental facilities. Dr. Mustafa Soylak thanks the Turkish Academy of Sciences for financial support.