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metadata.dc.type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Automatic on-line pre-concentration system using a knotted reactor for the FAAS determination of lead in drinking water
Other Titles: Journal of Hazardous Materials
Authors: Souza, Anderson Santos
Brandão, Geovani Cardoso
Santos, Walter Nei Lopes dos
Lemos, Valfredo Azevedo
Ganzarolli, Edgard Moreira
Bruns, Roy Edward
Ferreira, Sergio Luis Costa
metadata.dc.creator: Souza, Anderson Santos
Brandão, Geovani Cardoso
Santos, Walter Nei Lopes dos
Lemos, Valfredo Azevedo
Ganzarolli, Edgard Moreira
Bruns, Roy Edward
Ferreira, Sergio Luis Costa
Abstract: An automatic on-line pre-concentration system is proposed for lead determination in drinking water using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). Lead(II) ions are retained as the 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) complex in the walls of a knotted reactor, followed by an elution step using 0.50 mol L−1 hydrochloric acid solution. Optimisation involving the sampling flow rate, pH and buffer concentration factors was performed using a Box–Behnken design. Other factors were established considering results of previous experiments. The procedure allows the determination of lead with a 0.43 μg L−1 detection limit (3σ/S) and precisions (expressed as relative standard deviation) of 4.84% (N = 7) and 2.9% (N = 7) for lead concentrations of 5 and 25 μg L−1, respectively. The accuracy was confirmed by the determination of lead in the NIST SRM 1643d trace elements in natural water standard reference material. The pre-concentration factor obtained is 26.5 and the sampling frequency is 48 h−1. The recovery achieved for lead determination in the presence of several ions demonstrated that this procedure could be applied to the analysis of drinking water samples. The method was applied for lead determination in drinking water samples collected in Jequié City, Brazil. The lead concentration found in 25 samples were always lower than the permissible maximum levels stipulated by World Health Organization.
Keywords: Determination of lead
Automatic on-line pre-concentration system
Knotted reaction
FAAS
Drinking water
Box–Benhken design
metadata.dc.rights: Acesso Aberto
URI: http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/14509
Issue Date: 2007
Appears in Collections:Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Química)

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