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Determination of thallium in natural waters by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

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Thallium is determined in natural waters by electrothermal atomic absorption Spectrometry after preconcentration. Thallium is oxidized and retained as the tetrachlorothallate (III) ion on an anion exchange column, followed by elution with ammonium sulfite solution. A concentration factor of 400 is achieved. The detection limit of the method is 3.3 ng/1.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Sciences, Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000, Gent, Belgium

    Ann de Ruck, Carlo Vandecasteele (Senior Research Associate of the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium) & Richard Dams

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de Ruck, A., Vandecasteele, C. & Dams, R. Determination of thallium in natural waters by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Mikrochim Acta 92, 187–193 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01201838

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