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Evaluation of a digestion procedure based on the use of diluted nitric acid solutions and H2O2 for the multielement determination of whole milk powder and bovine liver by ICP-based techniques

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Author(s):
Bizzi, Cezar A. [1] ; Flores, Eder L. M. [2] ; Nobrega, Joaquim A. [3] ; Oliveira, Jussiane S. S. [1] ; Schmidt, Lucas [1] ; Mortari, Sergio R. [4]
Total Authors: 6
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS - Brazil
[2] Univ Tecnol Fed Parana, BR-85884000 Medianeira, PR - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Quim, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
[4] Ctr Univ Franciscano, BR-9701003 Santa Maria, RS - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry; v. 29, n. 2, p. 332-338, 2014.
Web of Science Citations: 39
Abstract

Many efforts have been made in order to reduce the amount of reagents and waste produced in analytical laboratories. However, suitable digestion efficiency must be considered, and depending on the sample preparation procedure, incomplete digestion can result in severe matrix effects during analysis by spectrometric techniques such as ICP OES and ICP-MS. In the present work a procedure based on the use of H2O2 was developed in order to minimize the consumption of HNO3 without decreasing the efficiency of digestion. Although H2O2 has been used combined with HNO3 for sample digestion, its role is still not completely elucidated even as its action combined with O-2 in pressurized systems. The performance obtained using H2O2 was similar to that observed when adding O2 to the reaction vessel, driving the better understanding of the role of H2O2 in closed digestion procedures. Digestion using H2O2 allowed the use of HNO3 solutions as diluted as 1 mol L-1 to digest sample masses of biological materials as high as 500 mg. The proposed procedure allowed a reduction of up to 14 and 9.3-fold in the HNO3 amount normally used in whole milk powder and bovine liver digestions, respectively, without decreasing the digestion efficiency. Calcium, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, and Zn were determined by ICP OES, while Cd, Co, and Pb were determined by ICP-MS. Using diluted HNO3 solution low blank values were obtained resulting in relatively lower limits of detection and relative standard deviations. The accuracy was evaluated by using certified reference materials of milk powder and bovine liver (agreement was better than 95% to certified values for all evaluated analytes). (AU)

FAPESP's process: 06/59083-9 - Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: fundamentals and applications
Grantee:Joaquim de Araújo Nóbrega
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants