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Fan, Z. et al.

Low-temperature electrothermal vaporization of thenoyltrifluoroacetone complex of Sc(III) and Y(III) for sample introduction in an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, and their determination in biological samples.

A new method for inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) determination of trace Sc and Y, based on gaseous compound introduction into the plasma as their thenoyltrifluoroacetone (TTA) complexes by electrothermal vaporization was developed. Using the reagent TTA as chemical modifier can not only enhance the analytical signals, but also reduce the vaporization temperature. At a temperature of 1,000 degrees C the trace Sc and Y can be vaporized completely into ICP. The factors affecting the formation of the chelate and its vaporization behavior, such as drying time, vaporization temperature/time, reaction medium and the amount of TTA, were investigated in detail. Under the optimized conditions (drying temperature/time 100 degrees C/10 s, vaporization temperature/time 1,000 degrees C/4 s), the limits of detection for Sc and Y were 19 pg and 34 pg (3sigma), respectively, and the relative standard deviations for Sc and Y were 4.2% (cSc=0.2 microg mL(-1); n=7) and 2.6% (cY=0.5 microg mL(-1); n=7). The linear ranges of the calibration graphs cover three orders of magnitude. The method was applied to the analysis of the biological reference materials (GBW 07602, bush branches and leaves; GBW 07604, poplar leaves), and the results obtained were in good agreement with the certified values.[1]

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Low-temperature electrothermal vaporization of thenoyltrifluoroacetone complex of Sc(III) and Y(III) for sample introduction in an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, and their determination in biological samples. Fan, Z., Hu, B., Jiang, Z., Li, S. Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry. (2004) [Pubmed]

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