Preconcentration of ultra-trace amounts of iron and antimony using ion pair solid phase extraction with modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

Fazelirad, Hamid; Taher, Mohammad

Ion pair solid phase extraction was applied to the simultaneous preconcentration of iron and antimony. The ion pairs consisting of FeCl or SbCl anions and the benzyldimethyltetradecyl ammonium cation were formed on the surface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, then eluted with nitric acid, and the elements finally quantified by ETAAS. The adsorption capacities of the impregnated MWCNTs are 9.2 mg g for iron and 27.5 mg g for antimony. The following analytical figures of merit were determined for iron and antimony, respectively: Enrichment factors of 210 and 230, assay precisions of ±5.3 % and ±4.8 %, linear calibration plots from 0.7 to 9.4 and 13.0 to 190 ng L, and detection limits of 0.17 and 3.5 ng L. The method was applied to the determination of iron and antimony in human hair, synthetic sample, and to the certified reference materials gold ore (MA-1b) and trace elements in water (SRM 1643d). [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

TRACE metals; ANTIMONY; IRON; SOLID phase extraction; MULTIWALLED carbon nanotubes; METAL content of water

Microchimica Acta, 2014, Vol 181, Issue 5/6, p655

0026-3672

Academic Journal

10.1007/s00604-014-1169-x