Quantification of trace level rare earth elements in Al matrices by ICP-MS
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Brijlesh Kumar Nagar
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Sadhan Bijoy Deb
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Manoj Kumar Saxena
Abstract
A method has been developed for quantification of trace rare earth (Ce, Dy, Er, Eu, Gd, Ho, La, Nd, Pr, Sm, Tb and Yb) impurities in alumina and aluminum by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) after matrix separation. The matrix separation was achieved by selective precipitation of trace elements. Due to its refractory nature a microwave digestion method was developed and optimized for the quantitative dissolution of Al2O3. The analytical methodology was validated by recovery studies with standard addition as well as with an independent γ-spectrometry technique using 152,154Eu tracers. The observed recovery in the synthetic samples was in the range of 93–100% with precision within 6.1–11.6 (%RSD), while the same in the case of radio tracer technique were found to be >98% and <2% (RSD), respectively. The method detection limit was found within 0.5–8.3 μg kg−1, respectively. The procedure is simple, organic waste free and suitable for routine analysis.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Uranium oxide synthetic pathway discernment through thermal decomposition and morphological analysis
- Applications of the uranium’s set of isotopes for nuclear dating: the Monte-Carlo method
- Quantification of trace level rare earth elements in Al matrices by ICP-MS
- Synergistic effect of vermiculite clay and ionizing irradiation on the physical and mechanical properties of polybutadiene rubber/ethylene propylene diene monomer nanocomposite
- Development of a novel 68Ga-dextran carboxylate derivative for blood pool imaging
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