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Determination of Arsenic(III) and Total Arsenic at Trace Levels in Baby Food Samples via a New Functionalized Magnetic Graphane Oxide Nanocomposite

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Baby food safety is an essential issue in health policy. For this reason, a simple, cheap, and fast analytical procedure to developed arsenic(III) and total arsenic determination in baby food samples using functionalized magnetic graphane oxide nanocomposite. A new nanocomposite anchored of tiopronin (TSH) magnetic graphane oxide (GO–PG4@Fe3O4-TSH) was first synthesized/characterized and used as an adsorbent to determine arsenic(III) and total arsenic for baby food samples. Arsenic(III) was directly determined on GO–PG4@Fe3O4-TSH nanocomposite at pH 4.5. The determination of total arsenic used KI and L( +) ascorbic acid solution as reducing reagents. The parameters influential on arsenic(III) determination in the baby food samples including the sample’s pH, adsorption time, amount of GO–PG4@Fe3O4-TSH, eluent type, sample volume, reducing reagent type and amount, and also foreign ion effect were investigated. The GO–PG4@Fe3O4-TSH carrying As(III) could easily be separated from baby food samples via applying an external magnetic field. The detection limit for arsenic(III) was found as 0.11 μg L−1, while the limit of quantification values was computed as 0.37 μg L−1. The precision of results, expressed as relative standard deviation, was always lower than 1.6% at 1 mg L−1 As(III) levels. The accuracy of this method was confirmed by analysis of certified reference material. The method was successively applied to determine arsenic(III) and total arsenic in baby food samples.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the Unit of Scientific Research Projects of Yozgat Bozok University, Turkey (Project No: 6602c-FEN/19–269).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Erciyes University, TR-38039, Kayseri, Turkey

    Şerife Saçmacı

  2. Nanotechnology Research Center, Erciyes University, TR-38039, Kayseri, Turkey

    Şerife Saçmacı

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yozgat Bozok University, TR-66200, Yozgat, Turkey

    Mustafa Saçmacı

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Saçmacı, Ş., Saçmacı, M. Determination of Arsenic(III) and Total Arsenic at Trace Levels in Baby Food Samples via a New Functionalized Magnetic Graphane Oxide Nanocomposite . Biol Trace Elem Res 199, 4856–4866 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02754-7

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