Determination of Cd and Pb in fuel ethanol by filter furnace electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

A method was developed for quantification of Cd and Pb in ethanol fuel by filter furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Filter furnace was used to eliminate the need for chemical modification, to stabilize volatile analytes and to allow the application of short pyrolysis step. The determinations in samples were carried out against calibration solutions prepared in ethanol. Recovery tests were made in seven commercial ethanol fuel samples with values between 90 and 120%. Limits of detection were 0.1 µg L-1 for Cd and 0.3 µg L-1 for Pb. Certified water samples (APS 1071, APS 1033, NIST 1643d, NIST 1640) were also used to evaluate accuracy and recoveries from 86.8% to115% were obtained.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Saint'Pierre,Tatiana D., Maranhão,Tatiane de A., Frescura,Vera L., Curtius,Adilson J., Aucélio,Ricardo Q.
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2008
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422008000700005
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