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Interferences in determination of antimony by electrochemical generation of volatile compounds and atomic fluorescence spectrometry
Kostúrová, Dominika ; Červený, Václav (advisor) ; Nováková, Eliška (referee)
Antimony is a highly toxic element that enters the environment through natural processes and human activities as well. It is necessary to determine its ultra-trace amounts in various materials such as water, soil and biological samples. Due to the heterogeneity of sample matrices, the determination of antimony is problematic because of frequent interactions. The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of various interferents on the determination of antimony by electrochemical generation of volatile compounds and atomic fluorescence spectrometry. In total, 18 interference dependencies were measured in the determination of Sb(III) and Sb(V). The following ions were selected for the interference study: SO4 2- , Cl- , NO3 - , NO2 - , Fe3+ , Fe2+ , As3+ , Se4+ and Bi3+ . The As3+ ion had the most interesting course of all the interferents and could be used as a suitable additive to increase the sensitivity of antimony determination.
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Comparison of various approaches to determination of antimony by atomic fluorescence spectrometry
Adámková, Dominika ; Červený, Václav (advisor) ; Hraníček, Jakub (referee)
Bakalářská práce se zabývá porovnáním tří způsobů generování těkavých sloučenin pro stanovení antimonitých a antimoničných iontů pomocí atomové fluorescenční spektrometrie. Pro porovnání jednotlivých stanovení byly vždy nejprve nalezeny nejvhodnější experimentální podmínky. Protože je chemické generování považováno za nejúčinnější v porovnání s ostatními typy generování a je také nejčastěji používáno, bylo charakterizováno jako první. Bylo dosaženo limitu detekce 0,12 ppb pro Sb3+ a 0,28 ppb pro Sb5+ . Ovšem nejvyšší citlivosti a nejnižšího limitu detekce bylo dosaženo pro elektrochemické generování hydridu antimonu. Metoda EcHG byla přibližně 4×citlivější než technika CHG. Dosaženo bylo limitu detekce 9 ppt pro Sb3+ a 45 ppt pro Sb5+ . Nejnižší citlivost byla získána podle předpokladu při UV - fotochemickém generování, a to přibližně 9×nižší oproti elektrochemickému generování. Celkově stanovení antimonitých iontů bylo nejméně 4×citlivější než stanovení antimoničných iontů. Podle tvaru píku usuzuji, že tvorba těkavé sloučeniny probíhala u všech způsobů generování v případě Sb5+ pomaleji než u Sb3+ . Klíčová slova Atomová fluorescenční spektrometrie, antimon, generování těkavých sloučenin, chemické generování těkavých sloučenin, UV - fotochemické generování těkavých sloučenin, elektrochemické...
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Construction and comparison of electrochemical cells for lead determination by volatile compounds generation technique
Hillmich, Ondřej ; Hraníček, Jakub (advisor) ; Červený, Václav (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on the construction of the electrochemical cells for the lead determination using electrochemical generation of volatile compounds connected with the atomic absorption spectrometry as a detection technique. Three different electrochemical cells were constructed: membrane electrochemical cell (MEC), non-membrane electrochemical cell 1 (BEC1) and non-membrane electrochemical cell 2 (BEC2). Experimental conditions were optimized in continuous flow mode with cells BEC1 and BEC2. The optimization include flow rate of carrier gas, composition and concentration of the electrolytic solution, atomization temperature, generation current and voltage applied to the electrode material. A 1.0 mm diameter cadmium wire was used as cathode material and the anode material was composed of platinum wire of 0.5 mm in diameter. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the calibration was constructed and basic characteristics of proposed method were determined for the BEC1 and BEC2 cells: limit of detection, limit of quantification, repeatability, sensitivity, linear dynamic range and correlation factor of linear dynamic range. The cell MEC was found to be unsuitable for the lead determination by the electrochemical generation of volatile compounds. Using the BEC1 cell, the experimental...
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Sensitivity increasing of gold determination by electrochemical volatile species generation with AAS detection
Vacek, Tomáš ; Hraníček, Jakub (advisor) ; Rychlovský, Petr (referee)
This thesis is focused on increasing the senstitivity of gold determination by electrochemical volatile species generation using two different types of electrolytic cells in continuous flow setting. Externally heated quartz tube atomizer was used as means of atomization and detection of gold with atomic absorption spectrometer. Generation parameters were optimized for electrolytic cell with an ion exchange (nafion) membrane. After selection of new cathode material (Cu) the carrier gas (Ar) flow rate was optimized, where an additional inlet of carrier gas was found to have possitive effect on increasing the sensitivity of determination of gold and efficiency of volatile specie transport to the atomizer. Experiments with Antifoam B showed possitive effect on generation, thus calibration was carried out for optimized experimetal conditions reaching detection limit of 0,53 mg.dm−3 . The efficiency of volatile specie transfer from liquid to gaseous phase was determined between 60 - 65 % by measuring the residual gold content in liquid waste by F-AAS method. Subsequently the effieciency of electrolytic generation of volatile gold specie with radioactive tracer isotopes and autoradigraphy was determined to 0,6 %. These methods confirmed adsorption of generated species on apparatus surface. Using ICP-MS as...
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Antimony determination by electrochemical hydride generation
Suchá, Lenka ; Hraníček, Jakub (advisor) ; Rychlovský, Petr (referee)
The aim of the presented bachelor thesis is to study the possibilities of the electrochemical hydride generation of volatile antimony hydride, using two newly constructed electrolytic cells. In this work, the properties of the cells were studied and consequently the basic characteristics of antimony determination obtained using new cells were compared with the chemical hydride generation method. At the beginning of the work, the relevant working parameters of both electrolytic cells were optimized. Under the optimal working conditions the calibration and other characteristics were carried out for antimony determination. Using the electrochemical hydride generation with thin-layer electrolytic cell and tubular cell and chemical hydride generation the sensitivity 3.40·10-3 l·μg-1 , 6.10·10-3 l·μg-1 and 2.10·10-3 l·μg-1 respectively were obtained. Finally, the influence of oxygen introduction in the different part of experimental setup was studied. This oxygen addition caused the characteristic and well-reproducible absorption peak. Key words Atomic absorption spectrometry, electrochemical generation of volatile compounds, quartz tube atomizer, thin-layer and tubular electrolytic cell, antimony
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Speciation analysis of selenium compounds
Kramulová, Barbora ; Rychlovský, Petr (advisor) ; Šíma, Jan (referee)
Previously, selenium was known as an element with negative properties. However, in the last century, the significant positive effects on human health were detected. Currently, the function, behavior and toxicity of selenium are still not well known. The key to understand it is to do speciation analysis. The aim of this diploma thesis is to develop method for determination inorganic (sodium selenite and selenate) and organic (selenourea, selenocystine, selenomethionine) selenium compounds. Parameters of apparatus for electrochemical hydride generation with atomic absorption spectrometry detector were optimized, final conditions were set and optimal conditions for separation process using HPLC were investigated. Calibration dependences for selenium compounds were measured and analytical figures of merit were investigated. In conclusion, a coupled method HPLC- EcHG- QFAAS for determination of individual selenium compounds was proposed, and it was tested on urea samples. Calibrations for these measurements were investigated and analytic characteristics were calculated. Based on these comparisons it can be said that proposed method allows the determination of selected selenium compounds in both aqueous and urea matrices. Subject words: Spectroscopy, analytical chemistry Key words: Atomic absorption...
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