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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 82, Issue 5, Pages 2155-2160Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac902976j
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- INCT-Bio/CNPq
- FINEP
- CAPES
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A procedure for sample digestion based on focused microwave-induced combustion (FMIC) is proposed. This system was developed using a commercial focused microwave oven with a tab-made quartz sample holder and it modified glass vessel. Oxygen flow was used to start and support the combustion. A botanical sample wits used to evaluate the operational conditions for further Al, Ba, Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn, Sr, and Zn determination by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. Pelletized samples were positioned on the quartz holder, and 50 mu L of 6 mol L-1 NH4NO3 solution wits added as igniter. Combustion was completed in less than 2 min, and the temperature was higher than 950 degrees C. The use of a reflux step, the position of sample holder inside the vessel, sample mass, ignition and combustion time, oxygen flow rate, and condenser type were evaluated. Results were compared with those obtained by focused microwave-assisted wet. digestion and by high pressure microwave-assisted wet digestion. Agreement of 95-103% was obtained for certified reference materials digested by FMIC (reflux step with 10 mL of 4 mol L-1 HNO3). With the proposed procedure, a complete sample decomposition (residual carbon content lower than 0.5%) was achieved with low consumption of reagents its only 10 mL of diluted nitric acid wits necessary. Low relative standard deviation (lower than 3.8%) wits observed and high amount of sample (up to 1500 mg) could be digested that allowed lower limits of detection.
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