“…Therefore, determination of Cr species at trace levels, usually includes preparation and preconcentration steps prior to elemental detection in order to achieve accurate, reliable and sensitive results [9,10]. Some preconcentration methods have used chelation with diphenylcarbazide [11,12] or 4-(2-thiazolilazo)-resorcinol (TAR) [13], as a previous step to metal adsorption on polymeric resins, like XAD [14,15]. On the other hand, ionic exchange materials, like alumina [16,17] and commercial polymeric resin, such as Dowex or Amberlite, have been widely used with good results [1,18,19].…”