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Determination of nickel in urine and other biological samples by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

Nickelbestimmung in Harn und anderen biologischen Proben durch Graphitofen-AAS

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Das Verfahren, das für klinische Anwendung entwickelt wurde, bietet mehrere Vorteile: der Aufschluß der Proben mit Salpeter- und Perchlorsäure ist zeitsparend, Nickel kann mit Ammoniumpyrrolidindithiocarbamat in einem weiten pH-Bereich gefällt werden und Ni-PDC in MIBK ist eine Woche lang stabil. Der Variationskoeffizient beträgt 7,3% für 1,2 μg Ni/l über 9 Arbeitstage, für 8 Analysen mit 1,3 μg Ni/l innerhalb eines Arbeitstages beträgt er 4,7%. Bei der Analyse von Standardreferenzmaterialien wurde gute Übereinstimmung mit den zertifizierten Werten festgestellt.

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A method for the determination of nickel in urine and other biological samples by graphite furnace AAS has been developed and employed for clinical applications. This method offers several advantages: The digestion of the samples with nitric and perchloric acids is time-saving, nickel is precipitated with ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate over a wide range of acidity and Ni-PDC in MIBK is fairly stable for one week. The coefficient of variation from run-to-run is 7.3% based on analyses of the same urine specimen containing 1.2 μg/l of nickel on 9 successive working days, and the coefficient of variation within a single run is 4.7% based on 8 analyses of a single urine specimen containing 1.3 μg/l of nickel within the same day. A good agreement is obtained with the certified values when the method is applied to the determination of nickel in biological standard reference materials.

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Long-zhu, J., Zhe-ming, N. Determination of nickel in urine and other biological samples by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Z. Anal. Chem. 321, 72–76 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00464491

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