Determination of Tin, Vanadium, Iron, and Molybdenum in Various Matrices by ...

Published: Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Volume 23, Number 2, March/April 1999, pp.108-112.

Determination of Tin, Vanadium, Iron, and Molybdenum in Various Matrices by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Using a Simultaneous Liquid–Liquid Extraction Procedure
Mercedes Sánchez-Viñas, Gracia M. Bagur, Domingo Gázquez, Mónica Camino, and Roberto Romero

An atomic-absorption spectrometric method is described for the determination of tin, vanadium, iron, and molybdenum in two certified reference materials, food samples, and petroleum crude. After treatment with acids, these elements are separated from matrix elements by simultaneous solvent extraction of 5,5'-methylenedisalicylohydroxamic acid complexes from HCl/NaClO₄ solution into an isobutyl methyl ketone/tributyl phosphate solution. The detection limits range from 0.018 to 0.19 µg/mL (n = 3), and the relative standard deviations do not exceed 2.0% at levels of 0.5, 0.6, 2.0, and 7.0 µg/mL of Fe, Mo, V, and Sn, respectively. The method is selective and suffers only from interference by Zr(IV), Ti(IV), Th(IV), W(VI), PO₄³–, and F–.

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