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A New Functionalized Resin for Preconcentration and Determination of Cadmium, Cobalt, and Nickel in Sediment Samples

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Chelating reagents impregnated or incorporated into solid sorbents have been widely used in the preconcentration of metal species. In this work, polystyrene-divinylbenzene functionalized with 2-hydroxyacetophenone was used for the preconcentration and determination of cadmium, cobalt, and nickel in sediment samples by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The sorbent was characterized by infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The influence of variables on the extraction of the metal ions was studied. Under optimized conditions, the method showed enrichment factors of 20 (Cd), 37 (Co), and 32 (Ni) and detection limits of 0.1 (Cd), 0.8 (Co), and 0.6 μg L−1 (Ni). The accuracy of the method was tested by analysis of a certified reference material composed of inorganics in marine sediment (NIST 2702). The method was applied to the determination of cadmium, cobalt, and nickel in real sediment samples. Cadmium and cobalt were not found in the sediment samples. Nickel was found in two samples (5.2 and 8.2 μg g−1).

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Abbreviations

FAAS:

Flame atomic absorption spectrometry

SPE:

Solid-phase extraction

CONAMA:

Brazilian National Council for the Environment

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (FAPESB).

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    Valfredo Azevedo Lemos, Geisa Santos do Nascimento & Leane Santos Nunes

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Lemos, V.A., do Nascimento, G.S. & Nunes, L.S. A New Functionalized Resin for Preconcentration and Determination of Cadmium, Cobalt, and Nickel in Sediment Samples. Water Air Soil Pollut 226, 2 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-2281-6

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