An automated flow injection system for metal determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry involving on-line fabric disk sorptive extraction technique

A Anthemidis; V Kazantzi; V Samanidou; A Kabir; K G Furton

doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2016.05.012

An automated flow injection system for metal determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry involving on-line fabric disk sorptive extraction technique

Talanta. 2016 Aug 15:156-157:64-70. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.05.012. Epub 2016 May 4.

Authors

A Anthemidis¹, V Kazantzi², V Samanidou², A Kabir³, K G Furton³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece. Electronic address: anthemid@chem.auth.gr.
² Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
³ International Forensic Research Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.

PMID: 27260436
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.05.012

Abstract

A novel flow injection-fabric disk sorptive extraction (FI-FDSE) system was developed for automated determination of trace metals. The platform was based on a minicolumn packed with sol-gel coated fabric media in the form of disks, incorporated into an on-line solid-phase extraction system, coupled with flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). This configuration provides minor backpressure, resulting in high loading flow rates and shorter analytical cycles. The potentials of this technique were demonstrated for trace lead and cadmium determination in environmental water samples. The applicability of different sol-gel coated FPSE media was investigated. The on-line formed complex of metal with ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (APDC) was retained onto the fabric surface and methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) was used to elute the analytes prior to atomization. For 90s preconcentration time, enrichment factors of 140 and 38 and detection limits (3σ) of 1.8 and 0.4μgL(-1) were achieved for lead and cadmium determination, respectively, with a sampling frequency of 30h(-1). The accuracy of the proposed method was estimated by analyzing standard reference materials and spiked water samples.

Keywords: Automated; Cadmium; Fabric disk sorptive extraction; Flame atomic absorption spectrometry; Flow injection; Lead.