Analytical Sciences


Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 22(4), 635 (2006).

Simultaneous Cloud-Point Extraction of Nine Cations from Water Samples and Their Determination by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
Mir Ali FARAJZADEH and Mohammad Rasoul FALLAHI
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran
The cloud-point methodology was successfully employed for the preconcentration of heavy metal cations at trace levels from aqueous samples prior to flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). Cations were taken into a complex with 8-quinolinol in an aqueous non-ionic surfactant, Triton X-114, medium and concentrated in the surfactant rich phase by bringing the solution to the cloud-point temperature. The preconcentration of only 100 mL of the solution with 1% Triton X-114 and 10-3 M 8-quinolinol at pH 7.0 gave a preconcentration factor higher than 100 for most cations. Under these conditions, the detection limits of the cloud-point extraction-FAAS system were 0.8 - 15 µg/L.