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Published in final edited form as: Anal Chim Acta. 2012 Nov 29;761:18–26. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.11.039

Table 3.

Comparison of the performance of the procedure with other methods applied to the determination of Pb by hydride generation

Technique Medium Matrix Concentration (μ g mL−1) R(%) LOD (μg L−1) Ref.#
HCl This work
HG–ICPMS K3Mn(CN)6 Cu(II) 0.1 92 0.008
HG–ICPMS Cu(II) 0.5 90 0.003 15
HCl–H2C2O4 Co(II) 0.5 91
k3Fe(CN)6 Ni(II) 0.5 91
HG–ICPMS HNO3–H2O2 Freshwaters 130 0.2 16
Seawater 89
20% NaCl 41
HG–ID–ICPMS HNO3–H2O2 Freshwatera 100 0.02 16
Seawater 99
20% NaCl 102
HCl
HG–ICPAES K3Fe(CN)6 Cu(II) 1.0 72 0.1 17
FI–HG–ICPMS HCl–H2O2 Cu(II) 0.1 36 0.04 18
Fe(III) 0.1 41
Ni(II) 0.5 93
H2C2O4 0.02 99 0.007 26
HG–ETV–ICPMS (NH4)2Ce(NO3)6 Cu(II) 0.1 64
HG–ETV–ICPMS HCl Lakewaterb 98 0.07 32
K3Fe(CN)6
HG–ICPAES HCl Cu(II) 1.0 50 0.7 43
K3Fe(CN)6 Fe(III) 1.0 92
a

SRM 1623, NIST Freshwater certified reference material.

b

NWRI TM-28.3 certified reference material (trace elements fortified water from Lake Ontario), (5-fold diluted).