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Title:		Determination of lead in vinegar by ICP-MS and GFAAS: evaluation of different sample preparation procedures
Author(s):		Ndung'u K; Hibdon S; Flegal AR;
Address:		"Environmental Toxicology, WIGS University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; Institute of Applied Environmental Research (ITM), Stockholm University, Frescativagen 54, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden"
Journal Title:		Talanta
Year:		2004
Volume:		64
Issue:		1
Page Number:		258 - 263
DOI:		10.1016/j.talanta.2004.02.017
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-3573 (Electronic) 0039-9140 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Lead concentrations of 59 different types of vinegars (15-307mugl(-1) in balsamic vinegars and 36-50mugl(-1) in wine vinegars) were determined using both inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS). Although the precision of direct analyses, following simple aqueous dilutions, with either instrumental method was poor; that precision, following nitric acid and/or hydrogen peroxide digestions, markedly improved with either instrument and the values obtained with the two instruments were in good agreement. The efficacy of different digestions, including (1) nitric acid using a heating block, with or without addition of hydrogen peroxide and (2) mixtures of nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide using ultraviolet (UV) photolysis, were then assessed. The latter procedure was found to be much faster and more efficient, but it was limited by the relatively high levels of contaminant lead in hydrogen peroxide. Consequently, it is recommended that lead concentrations in vinegar be measured following a nitric acid digestion and UV photolysis to oxidize all organic matter before ICP-MS or GFAAS analysis; and it is further recommend that the thermal settings for the latter analyses be adjusted to account for the apparent presence of relatively volatile organolead compounds in vinegar digests"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINENdung'u, Kuria Hibdon, Sharon Flegal, A Russell eng Netherlands 2008/10/31 Talanta. 2004 Sep 8; 64(1):258-63. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2004.02.017"