Takeo Takada

Atomic absorption spectrometric determination of trace copper in water by sorption on an ion-exchange resin and direct atomization of the resin

Abstract Traces of copper ions are sorbed on a cation-exchange resin, and a copper-loaded resin bead is inserted directly into a graphite furnace for atomic absorption spectrometry. The procedure is used for the determination of copper ( > 2 pg ml−1) in tap and various distilled waters.

Effect of temperature on generation and decomposition of the group Vb element hydrides and estimation of the kinetic stability of gaseous bismuth hydride by atomic-absorption spectrometry

During work on atomic-absorption determination of arsenic, antimony and bismuth by the hydride-generation method with sodium tetrahydroborate, the thermal and kinetic stabilities of the hydrides at various generation temperatures were studied. The arsenic and antimony hydrides are very stable even at 40 degrees but bismuth hydride is very unstable both thermally and kinetically, even at 25 degrees . The approximate rate constants for the decomposition of gaseous bismuth hydride at 0, 10, 25 and 40 degrees were found to be 0.05, 0.10, 0.24 and 0.29min(-1) respectively.

Evaluation and application of internal standardization in atomic absorption spectrometry with electrothermal atomization

Abstract A new dual-channel system developed for use in atomic absorption spectrometry is used to assess the internal standard technique for electrothermal atomization. Cobalt was found to be a suitable internal standard for iron determinations, and is used for determination of 7—330 ng Fe ml-1 in water samples. With use of the internal standard technique, fluctuations caused by atomizer variables are reduced and interferences from many cations are also decreased.

Use of thiosemicarbazide as masking agent for the direct determination of bismuth in copper by atomic-absorption spectrometry with hydride generation.

A simple atomic-absorption method for determining trace bismuth in copper metal is described. Interference from the matrix is eliminated by masking copper with thiosemicarbazide in acidic solution.

Comparative study of IBMK and DIBK as extraction solvents in strongly acidic media: extraction behaviour and kinetic stability of Cu(PCD)(2) in these solvents.

The use of di-isobutyl ketone (DIBK) and isobutyl methyl ketone (IBMK) as the solvent for extraction of copper(II) from strongly acidic media (0.01-8M hydrochloric acid) with ammonium l-pyrrolidinecarbodithioate has been studied. In contrast to IBMK, the volume of the DIBK extract remains the same, irrespective of the acidity of the aqueous phase. A certain amount of free acid is transferred into both solvents, and affects the kinetic stability of the chelate extracted; the free acid can be completely removed by washing the extract with water, and partly by filtering it through a dry filter paper. However, the chelate extracted into DIBK exhibits excellent stability without such treatment, since the amount of free acid in DIBK is much smaller than that in IBMK. When DIBK is used, the copper chelate can be quantitatively extracted as long as the extraction is done from acidic media.

Internal standard method in flame atomic absorption spectrometry

Abstract Some selection criteria and experimental considerations for selecting an internal standard in flame atomic absorption spectrometry were studied. Rational criteria for the selection of internal standards include the atomization efficiencies of the elements. An experimental study of the variation of the atomization degree due to a temperature decrease can be made with the help of plots of absorbance against the rate at which the sample solution is introduced. The temperature decrease produced by increasing the rate at which water was introduced using a heated chamber without water-cooled condenser was estimated to vary from 2420 K to 2218 K with 1.0 ml water per minute. Curves for the alkali, alkaline earth, and several other metals were obtained in the air-acetylene flame. The shapes of the curves are critically dependent on the degree of atomization of the metal itself. Elements with curves that have similar slopes can be used as mutual internal standards. Some of the other factors which affect the atomization efficiencies—i.e. changes in fuel and air flow, and matrix composition—were also studied.

Effect of acidity on the extraction and kinetic stability of the copper(II)/APCD/IBMK system in strongly acidic media

The extraction of copper(II) from strongly acidic solution (0.01-8M hydrochloric acid) with ammonium 1-pyrrolidinecarbodithioate in isobutyl methyl ketone has been investigated. The shaking time needed for quantitative extraction decreases as the acidity is increased. The effect of the mutual solubility of the organic solvent and the aqueous phase is significant when the acidity of the aqueous phase is increased. The acidity of the aqueous phase mainly affects the kinetic stability of the chelate during the shaking period, rather than the decomposition of the chelating agent. The kinetic stability of the chelate apparently depends on the mole ratio of reagent to copper, the half-lives for the chelate extracted from 4M hydrochloric acid being 29.0, 40.0 and 85.0 min for reagent: metal mole ratios of 10, 100 and 1000, respectively.

Effect of washing on the kinetic stability of the copper(II)/APCD/IBMK system in strongly acidic media

The extraction behaviour of copper(II) with ammonium 1-pyrrolidinecarbodithioate in isobutyl methyl ketone has been investigated at various acidities of the aqueous phase. The chelate is produced even under strongly acidic conditions (0.01-6M), and if the organic phase is washed with water it remains stable for at least 1 hr. The extraction is quantitative over the entire range of acidity.

Novel sorbent extraction technique using a chelating agent impregnated porous PTFE filter tube : Preconcentration of rare earth elements (REEs) with bis(2-ethyl-hexyl)hydrogen phosphate (HDEHP) loaded porous ptfe filter tube prior to determination by ICP-MS

Abstract Sorbent extraction and elution of rare earth elements (REEs) by using bis(2‐ethyl‐hexyl)hydrogen phosphate (HDEHP) impregnated porous PTFE filter tube were studied. A 100 ng amount of each REEs was quantitatively extracted by filtering 1000 mL of matrix‐free solution under pH 2.0–3.2. For a synthetic seawater sample, extractability of lighter REEs (La–Sm) was lowered; optimum pH range to simultaneously extract all REEs was shifted to 2.9–3.2, and limit of sample volume for quantitative extraction was decreased to 100 mL for La–Sm [although heavier REEs (Eu–Lu) were quantitatively extracted from 1000 mL]. Extracted REEs were quantitatively eluted by filtering through 5 mL of 10 mol/L−1 hydrochloric acid to the tube. Hence, maximum preconcentration factors were of 200‐ and 20‐fold for Nd–Lu and La–Sm, respectively. Total recovery of 0.5–10 ng of REEs spiked to 300 mL of natural sea salt solution was tested; quantitative recovery (95.9% for Gd–102% for Eu) were obtained for all REEs except La (54.9%). The REEs in the natural sea salt solution were also determined by ICP‐MS after preconcentration with the present method [RSD=16% (La)–1.1% (Yb), n=3].

Application of APCD/DIBK extraction system in strongly acidic media: Determination of traces of copper and nickel in titanium metals by extraction-flame atomic-absorption spectrometry.

Extraction of nickel in strongly acidic solution (0.01 approximately 8M hydrochloric acid) with ammonium 1-pyrrolidinecarbodithioate (APCD) into di-isobutyl ketone (DIBK) has been studied, and the APCD/DIBK system has been applied to simultaneous extraction and flame atomic-absorption spectrometric determination of trace amounts of copper and nickel in titanium metal. Nickel could be extracted with copper from strongly acidic solution such as up to 5M hydrochloric acid with APCD/DIBK system. The extraction from such a strongly acidic media made it possible to extract nickel with copper, since it did not require the addition of a large amount of the masking agent which prevents the hydrolysis of the matrix titanium and also prevents the extraction of nickel. Thus, they could be extracted directly from the titanium metal sample digested by concentrated hydrochloric acid with a small amount of tetrafluorohydroboric acid. Effect of coexistence of a large amount (at least 0.2 g) of iron on the extraction of both elements could be prevented by keeping most of the matrix titanium as Ti(III). With the method described here, mug/g levels of copper and nickel in titanium metal could be rapidly determined with good precision and accuracy.