"Comparative evaluation of procedures for agroindustrials sample preparation in the determination of inorganic elements by spctrometric techniques" / "Avaliação comparativa de procedimentos para o preparo de amostras agroindustriais na determinação de elementos inorgânicos por técnicas espectrométricas"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

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Analytical comparative procedures for the preparation of three types of agro industrials samples (rocks, coffees and antibiotics) were evaluated in the determination of inorganic elements by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS), flame atomic emission spectrometry (FAES) and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) techniques. Six decomposition procedures of rocks were studied and classified in 3 groups: GROUP I: wet digestion in teflon bombs; GROUP II: wet digestion in digester heating block; GROUP III: wet digestion in conventional microwave oven system. The elements Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn were quantified by FAAS in two commercial samples and two standard reference materials of rocks. The best results were obtained for the procedures that employed conventional microwave oven system using HF in the acid mixture. The contents of 9 nutrients were determined in 35 coffee samples (green and roasted) by FAAS (Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, Mn and Zn), FAES (Na and K) and Kjeldahl method (N). Samples were prepared by two different wet digestion decomposition procedures; one of them employing digester heating block and the catalyst V2O5 and the other one employing a conventional microwave oven system. The accuracy of the methods was checked after analysis of three leave standard reference materials. A test was done in a green coffee sample ground in two types of mill (cryogenic and Willye) to evaluate possible contaminations. Contamination by Fe was observed with the use of Willye type mill. Another test was the determination of these 9 nutrients in an unpulped ripe cherry. High levels of Na, Ca, K and Fe were encountered in the green coffee rinds, which can be used as a complement in manuring process and for animal ration production. Chemometric analysis using PCA and HCA showed that Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cu and Fe were the principal elements to discriminate samples between green and roasted coffee. A method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of Cd and Pb in antibiotics used in sugar-cane fermentation by GFAAS. Six samples of commercial solid antibiotics were analyzed by injecting 20 µL of digested samples (closed microwave oven system) into the pretreated graphite platform with W followed by 5 µL of 1000 mg L-1 Pd chemical modifier. Samples were solubilized by two procedures: 1) 3 mL HNO3 conc. + 2 mL H2O2 30% (v/v) and, 2) 4 mL HNO3 20% (v/v) + 1 mL H2O2 30% (v/v). The pyrolysis and atomization temperatures of the heating program of the atomizer were fixed at 600oC and 2200oC, respectively. The calculated characteristic masses for the simultaneous determination were 1.6 pg Cd and 41.7 pg Pb. Limits of detection (LOD) based on integrated absorbance were 0.02 µg L-1 Cd and 0.7 µg L-1 Pb and the relative standard deviations (n = 10) for Cd and Pb were 5.7% and 8.0%, respectively. The recoveries of Cd and Pb added to the digested samples varied from 91% to 125% (Cd) and 80% to 112% (Pb).

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elementos inorgânicos sample preparation inorganic elements técnicas espectrométricas preparação de amostras spectrometric techniques

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