SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM IN NATURAL WATERS BY METHANE-AIR FLAME EMISSION AND FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY USING A MICROSPECTROMETER

Eugen DARVASI; Norbert  MUNTEAN; Csilla  SZENTKIRÁLYI

SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM IN NATURAL WATERS BY METHANE-AIR FLAME EMISSION AND FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY USING A MICROSPECTROMETER

Authors

Eugen DARVASI Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: edarvasi@chem.ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4570-7320
Norbert MUNTEAN Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: mtnorbi@gmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0172-0715
Csilla SZENTKIRÁLYI Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Corresponding author: edarvasi@chem.ubbcluj.ro.

Keywords:

methane-air flame, FAES, FAAS, CCD microspectrometer, Ca, Mg, simultaneous determination

Abstract

The calcium and magnesium content of liquid samples has been determined directly by flame atomic absorption (FAAS) and flame atomic emission (FAES) spectrometry using the methane-air (M-A) flame. We measured simultaneously the intensity of the 554 nm wavelength molecular bands emitted by excited CaOH molecules and the decrease of light intensity of a hollow cathode lamp (HCL) absorbed by ground state Mg atoms. The simultaneous multiwavelength measurements enhanced by a charge-coupled device (CCD) microspectrometer allowed fast background correction for each studied element. The instrumental and flame parameters were optimized; the best results were obtained using a lamp current of 1 mA, and an observation height of 5 mm, in case of a reducing flame. The calcium and magnesium content of bottled water samples and water standard certified reference material (CRM) have been determined with standard addition method. The recovery for CRM was 97.80% for Ca and 98.51% for Mg. Under optimal working conditions the detection limits (according to the 3s criterion) were 25 µg·L^-1 for Ca and 5.4 µg·L^-1for Mg.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 61 (LXI), No. 3, September 2016

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2016-09-30

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DARVASI, E., MUNTEAN, N. ., & SZENTKIRÁLYI, C. . (2016). SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM IN NATURAL WATERS BY METHANE-AIR FLAME EMISSION AND FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY USING A MICROSPECTROMETER. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 61(3), 311–320. Retrieved from https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/chemia/article/view/8354