Determination of trace elements in zirconium base alloy by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Luo, Shen Kay; Chang, Fu Chung

doi:10.1016/0584-8547(90)80128-6

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“…Various analytical methods have been developed for determination of Cd at low levels in zirconium based materials by using various instrumental techniques such as graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry, 7,8 inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, [9][10][11] inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, 12 and glow discharge mass spectrometry. 13,14 However, low power direct current atmospheric pressure glow discharges (dc-APGD) are nowadays considered one of the most promising and alternative excitation sources against traditional plasmas such as inductively coupled plasma and microwave induced plasma.…”

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Determination of cadmium in Zircaloys by electrolyte cathode discharge atomic emission spectrometry (ELCAD-AES)

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An electrolyte cathode discharge atomic emission spectrometric (ELCAD-AES) method has been reported for the determination of cadmium in Zircaloys. Formic and acetic acids are examined to improve the sensitivity of ELCAD-AES for cadmium determination. The sensitivity of ELCAD-AES is improved 2-fold with 20% (v/v) formic acid. With 20% (v/v) formic acid, the improved detection limit of ELCAD-AES for cadmium is found to be 2 ng mL À1 . A previously reported matrix separation procedure using ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (APDC) and methylisobutylketone (MIBK) for the extraction of Cd from Zirconium matrices has been optimised for ELCAD-AES analysis of cadmium. This procedure is found to be useful for the quantitative determination of cadmium in Zircaloys by ELCAD-AES. The precision expressed as a percentage relative standard deviation of the signals of multiple analyses (N ¼ 5) of ELCAD-AES method using the above matrix separation procedure has been found to be 10-15% for trace Cd. This ELCAD-AES method is validated with the certified values of Zircaloy CRM and the glow discharge quadrupole mass spectrometry (GD-QMS) values of Zircaloy samples.

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Determination of cadmium in Zircaloys by electrolyte cathode discharge atomic emission spectrometry (ELCAD-AES)

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“…Several analytical methods have been reported for the determination of major to trace level elements in zirconium based materials using instrumental techniques such as inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, 5,8 inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, 9 spark source mass spectrometry 10 and glow discharge mass spectrometry. 11,12 However, low power direct current atmospheric pressure glow discharges are nowadays considered one of the most promising and alternative excitation sources against traditional plasmas, i.e., inductively coupled plasma and microwave induced plasma.…”

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Determination of major to trace level elements in Zircaloys by electrolyte cathode discharge atomic emission spectrometry using formic acid

Rajagopala

Reddy

Shekhar

et al. 2013

J. Anal. At. Spectrom.

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An electrolyte cathode discharge atomic emission spectrometry (ELCAD-AES) method using formic acid is described for the determination of major to trace level of the elements Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Mg, Cu, Cr, Pb, Ca in Zircaloys. The influence of HCOOH and CH 3 COOH to improve the sensitivity of ELCAD-AES for analyte determination is investigated. Sensitivity of ELCAD-AES was significantly improved with HCOOH for the determination of these elements. 20% (v/v) HCOOH was found to produce a maximum enhancement in the sensitivity of ELCAD-AES for the analytes. With 20% (v/v) HCOOH, improved detection limits were determined for Ni (5 ng mL À1 ), Co (9 ng mL À1 ), Fe (16 ng mL À1 ), Mn (7 ng mL À1 ), Mg (5 ng mL À1 ), Cu (6 ng mL À1 ), Cr (65 ng mL À1 ), Pb (10 ng mL À1 ), and Ca (8 ng mL À1 ). The improvement is 2-fold for most elements, 5-fold for Pb, and essentially unchanged for Cr. The use of HCOOH enabled the direct determination of analytes in Zircaloys by ELCAD-AES. The method has been validated by determining the concentrations of analytes Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Mg, Cu, Cr, Pb, Ca in a Zircaloy certified reference material (Zircaloy-4 NIST-360b) and also in a Zircaloy sample which was analysed by glow discharge quadrupole mass spectrometer (GD-QMS). The precision expressed as a percentage relative standard deviation of signals of multiple analyses (N ¼ 4) of the ELCAD-AES method was found to be between 2 and 10% for major (>0.1 wt%) and minor level (<0.1 wt% and >100 mg g À1 ) elements and 10-15% for trace level (<100 mg g À1 and >10 ng g À1 ) elements. Depending on the levels of the impurities the relative error in accuracy of the ELCAD-AES method was found to be between 3 and 20%.

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“…Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a versatile multi-elemental technique with high sample throughput, high linear dynamic range, and low detection limits and has been employed for the determination of trace elements in a zirconium matrix (32)(33). In conjunction with laser ablation, it has been used for the determination of Fe, Ti, and Mg in solid zircon (34).…”

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Determination of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Cd, Pb, and U in Zirconium Matrix by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Employing Microwave-Assisted Digestion and Matrix Separation by Synergistic Solvent Extraction

Nagar¹,

Saxena²

2011

At.Spectrosc.

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Determination of trace elements in zirconium base alloy by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Determination of cadmium in Zircaloys by electrolyte cathode discharge atomic emission spectrometry (ELCAD-AES)

Determination of cadmium in Zircaloys by electrolyte cathode discharge atomic emission spectrometry (ELCAD-AES)

Determination of major to trace level elements in Zircaloys by electrolyte cathode discharge atomic emission spectrometry using formic acid

Determination of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Cd, Pb, and U in Zirconium Matrix by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Employing Microwave-Assisted Digestion and Matrix Separation by Synergistic Solvent Extraction

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