Flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry: A review

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 411-437

  Wu, Peng ^a   He, Shaopan ^a   Luo, Bin ^a   Hou, Xiandeng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beam injection; Flame furnace; Hydride generation; Metallomics; Pneumatic nebulization; Speciation analysis; Thermospray; Ultrasonic nebulization

Indexed keywords

BEAM INJECTION; FLAME FURNACE; HYDRIDE GENERATIONS; METALLOMICS; PNEUMATIC NEBULIZATION; SPECIATION ANALYSIS; THERMOSPRAY; ULTRASONIC NEBULIZATION;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; FLAMMABILITY; FURNACES; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; PNEUMATICS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ULTRASONICS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 70749122097     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704920903018585     Document Type: Review

References (79)

1. Walsh, A. (1955) The application of atomic absorption spectra to chemical analysis. Spectrochim. Acta, 7: 108-117.
2. Welz, B. and Sperling, M. (1999) Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, 3rd ed. Wiley- VCH: Weinheim.
3. Deng, B. (2004) The Principles, Technologies and Applications of Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Tsing Hua University Press, Beijing.
4. Berndt, H. (1988) High-pressure nebulization - A new way of sample introduction for atomic spectrometry. Fresenius' Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie, 331: 321-323.
5. Berndt, H. and Messerschmidt, J. (1982) Improvements in loop atomic absorption spectrometry by application of an iridium loop and a ceramic collection tube. Anal. Chim. Acta, 136: 407-411.
6. Delves, H.T. (1970) A micro-sampling method for the rapid determination of lead in blood by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Analyst, 95 (1130): 431-438.
7. Laud, C., Held, A., and Stephens, R. (1976) Sensitivity enhancements to flame AAS by use of a flame atom trap. Can. J. Spectros., 21: 100-104.
8. Matusiewicz, H. (1997) Atom trapping and in situ preconcentration techniques for flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta B, 52 (12): 1711-1736.
9. Gáspár, A. and Berndt, H. (2000) Beam injection flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry: A new flame method. Anal. Chem., 72 (1): 240-246.
10. Gáspár, A. and Berndt, H. (2000) Thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (TS-FF-AAS) - A simple method for trace element determination with microsamples in the μg/L concentration range. Spectrochim. Acta B, 55 (6): 587-597.
11. Brancalion, M.L. and Arruda,M.A.Z. (2005) Evaluation ofmedicinal plant decomposition efficiency using microwave ovens and mini-vials for Cd determination by TS-FF-AAS. Microchim. Acta, 150 (3-4): 283-290.
12. Gonzalez, E., Ahumada, R., Medina, V., Neira, J., and Gonzalez, U. (2004) Thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (TS-FF-AAS): Application for total determination of Cd, Pb and Zn in fresh waters, seawater and marine sediments. Química Nova, 27 (6): 873-877.
13. Fan, Y.R.R., Hu, J., Kang, L., Zheng, C.B., Lv, Y., and Hou, X.D. (2007) Saturated solution of PbSO4 as standard stock solution and its applications in analytical spectroscopy: Screening analysis of lead in natural water and Usnea longissima. Spectros. Lett., 40 (3): 537-545.
14. Da-Col, J.A., Domene, S.M.A., and Pereira, E.R. (2009) Fast determination of Cd, Fe, Pb, and Zn in food using AAS. Food Anal. Meth., 2 (2): 110-115.
15. Pereira, F.M.V., Pereira, E.R., and Bueno, M. (2006) Development of a methodology for calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, and zinc quantification in teas using X-ray spectroscopy and multivariate calibration. J. Agric. Food Chem., 54 (16): 5723-5730.
16. Lobo, F.A., Villafranca, A.C., de Oliveira, A.P., and de Moraes, M. (2005) TS-FFAAS system with air-acetylene flame as alternative in relation to nitrous oxideacetylene by FAAS for tin determination. Ecletica Quimica, 30 (2): 61-68.
17. Lobo, F.A., Villafranca, A.C., de Oliveira, A.P., and de Moraes, M. (2007) Comparison of metallic and ceramic tubes as atomization cells for tin determination by TS-FF-AAS. Atom. Spectros., 28 (1): 17-23.
18. Lobo, F.A., Villafranca, A.C., de Oliveira, A.P., and de Moraes, M. (2008) Evaluation and application of TS-FF-AAS system using ceramic tube as atomization cell for tin determination in canned foods. Atom. Spectros., 29 (5): 186-192.
19. Rosini, F., Nascentes, C.C., Neira, J.Y., and Nóbrega, J.A. (2007) Evaluation of selenium behavior in thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Talanta, 73 (5): 845-849.
20. Neira, J. and Berndt, H. (2000) Determination of Cd and Pb at μg/L levels by HHPN-beam injection flame furnace-AAS. Fresen. J. Anal. Chem., 368 (7): 649-655.
21. Gáspár, A. and Berndt, H. (2002) Beam-injection flame-furnace atomic-absorption spectrometry (BIFF-AAS) with low-pressure sample-jet generation. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 372 (5-6): 695-699.
22. Berndt, H. and Pulvermacher, E. (2005) Sample introduction assisted by compressed air in flame furnace AAS: A simple and sensitive method for the determination of traces of toxic elements. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 382 (8): 1826-1834.
23. Ratka, A. and Berndt, H. (2004) Beam-injection flame furnace AAS: Comparison of different nozzle types for beam generation and application of sub-critical liquid carbon dioxide as carrier and gas pressure pump. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 378 (2): 416-422.
24. Zhang, W.P., Wu, P., Lv, Y., and Hou, X.D. (2006) Determination of lead by thermospray flame-heated quartz tube atomic absorption spectrometry. Huaxue Yanjiu Yu Yingyong, 18 (5): 576-578. (in Chinese)
25. Román-Silva, D.A., Rivera, L., Morales, T., Ávila, J., and Cortés, P. (2003) Determination of trace elements in environmental and biological samples using improved sample introduction in flame atomic absorption spectrometry (HHPN-AAS; HHPN-FF-AAS). Int. J. Environ. Anal. Chem., 83 (4): 327-341.
26. Petrucelli, G.A., Stocco, P.K., Bueno, M., and Pereira-Filho, E.R. (2006) Tube atomizers in thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry: Characterization using X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy and chemometrics. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 21 (11): 1298-1304.
27. Conver, T.S., Yang, J., and Koropchak, J.A. (1997) New developments in thermospray sample introduction for atomic spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta B, 52 (8): 1087-1104.
28. Koropchak, J.A. and Veber,M. (1992) Thermospray sample introduction to atomic spectrometry. Crit. Rev. Anal. Chem., 23: 113-141.
29. Brancalion, M.L., Sabadini, E., and Arruda,M.A.Z. (2007) Description of the thermospray formed at low flow rate in thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry based on high-speed images. Anal. Chem., 79 (17): 6527-6533.
30. Gáspár, A., Szeles, E., and Berndt, H. (2002) Analysis of submicroliter samples using micro thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 372 (1): 136-140.
31. Brancalion, M.L., Sabadini, E., and Arruda, M.A.Z. (2009) Thermospray nebulization for flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry - Correlations between spray formation and cadmium analytical sensitivity. Spectrochim. Acta B, 64 (1): 89-94.
32. Davies, J. and Berndt, H. (2003) Improvements in thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Anal. Chim. Acta, 479 (2): 215-223.
33. Pereira-Filho, E.R., Berndt, H., and Arruda, M.A.Z. (2002) Simultaneous sample digestion and determination of Cd, Cu and Pb in biological samples using thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (TS-FF-AAS) with slurry sample introduction. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom. 17 (10): 1308-1315.
34. Petrucelli, G.A., Poppi, R.J., Mincato, R.L., and Pereira-Filho, E.R. (2007) TS-FFAAS and multivariate calibration: A proposition for sewage sludge slurry sample analyses. Talanta, 71 (2): 620-626.
35. Nascentes, C.C., Arruda, M.A.Z., Nogueira, A.R.A., and Nóbrega, J.A. (2004) Direct determination of Cu and Zn in fruit juices and bovine milk by thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Talanta 64 (4): 912-917.
36. Nascentes, C.C., Kamogawa, M.Y., Fernandes, K.G., Arruda, M.A.Z., Nogueira, A.R.A., and Nóbrega, J.A. (2005) Direct determination of Cu, Mn, Pb, and Zn in beer by thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta B, 60 (5): 749-753.
37. Schiavo, D., Neira, J.Y., and Nobrega, J.A. (2008) Direct determination of Cd, Cu and Pb in wines and grape juices by thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Talanta, 76 (5): 1113-1118.
38. Zhang, Y.C., Wu, P., Wu, L., Lv, Y., and Hou, X.D. (2007) Direct determination of cadmium in wine by thermospray flame-heated nickel tube furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Fenxi Ceshi Xuebao, 26 (4): 577-579. (in Chinese)
39. de Godoi Pereira, M. and Arruda, M.A.Z. (2003) Trends in preconcentration procedures for metal determination using atomic spectrometry techniques. Microchim. Acta, 141 (3-4): 114-131.
40. Camel, V. (2003) Solid phase extraction of trace elements. Spectrochim. Acta B, 58 (7): 1177-1233.
41. Pereira, M.G., Pereira, E.R., Berndt, H., and Arruda,M.A.Z. (2004) Determination of cadmium and lead at low levels by using preconcentration at fullerene coupled to thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta B, 59 (4): 515-521.
42. -1 levels. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 19 (11): 1507-1509.
43. Tarley, C.R.T., Barbosa, A.F., Segatelli, M.G., Figueiredo, E.C., and Luccas, P.O. (2006) Highly improved sensitivity of TS-FF-AAS for Cd(II) determination at ng L-1 levels using a simple flow injection minicolumn preconcentration system with multiwall carbon nanotubes. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 21 (11): 1305-1313.
44. Matos, G.D. and Arruda, M.A.Z. (2006) Online preconcentration/ determination of cadmium using grape bagasse in a flow system coupled to thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Spectros. Lett., 39 (6): 755-768.
45. Amorim, F.A.C. and Bezerra, M.A. (2007) Online preconcentration system for determining ultratrace amounts of Cd in vegetal samples using thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Microchim. Acta, 159 (1-2): 183-189.
46. Lemos, V.A., Bezerra,M.A., and Amorim, F.A.C. (2008) On-line preconcentration using a resin functionalized with 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid for the determination of trace elements in biological samples by thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. J. Hazard. Mater., 157 (2-3): 613-619.
47. Lemos,V.A., Santos,M.S., Santos, E.S., Santos,M.J.S., dos Santos,W.N.L., Souza, A.S., de Jesus,D.S., dasVirgens,C.F., Carvalho, M.S.,Oleszczuk, N.,Vale, M.G.R., Welz, B., and Ferreira, S.L.C. (2007) Application of polyurethane foam as a sorbent for trace metal pre-concentration - A review. Spectrochim. Acta B, 62 (1): 4-12.
48. Tarley, C.R.T., Figueiredo, E.D., and Matos, G.D. (2005) Thermospray flame furnace-AAS determination of copper after on-line sorbent preconcentration using a system optimized by experimental designs. Anal. Sci., 21 (11): 1337-1342.
49. Tarley, C.R.T. and Arruda, M.A.Z. (2004) A sensitive method for cadmium determination using an on-line polyurethane foam preconcentration system and thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Anal. Sci., 20 (6): 961-966.
50. Tarley, C.R.T. and Arruda, M.A.Z. (2005) online coupling of a flow injection system to TS-FF-AAS for preconcentration and determination of lead in water and vegetables. Anal. Lett., 38 (9): 1427-1443.
51. de Almeida Bezerra, M., Arruda, M.A.Z., and Ferreira, S.L.C. (2005) Cloud point extraction as a procedure of separation and pre-concentration for metal determination using spectroanalytical techniques: A review. Appl. Spectros. Rev., 40 (4): 269-299.
52. Quina, F.H. and Hinze, W.L. (1999) Surfactant-mediated cloud point extractions: An environmentally benign alternative separation approach. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 38 (11): 4150-4168.
53. Wu, P., Zhang, Y.C., Lv, Y., and Hou, X.D. (2006) Cloud point extractionthermospray spectrometry for determination of flame quartz furnace atomic absorption ultratrace cadmium in water and urine. Spectrochim. Acta B, 61 (12): 1310-1314.
54. Wu, P., Gao, Y., Cheng, G.L., Yang, W.S., Lv, Y., and Hou, X.D. (2008) Selective determination of trace amounts of silver in complicated matrices by displacementcloud point extraction coupled with thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 23 (5): 752-757.
55. Coelho, L.M., Bezerra, M.A., Arruda, M.A.Z., Bruns, R.E., and Ferreira, S.L.C. (2008) Determination of Cd, Cu, and Pb after cloud point extraction using multielemental sequential determination by thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (TS-FF-AAS). Sep. Sci. Technol., 43 (4): 815-827.
56. Donati, G.L., Nascentes, C.C., Nogueira, A.R.A., Arruda, M.A.Z., and Nóbrega, J.A. (2006) Acid extraction and cloud point preconcentration as sample preparation strategies for cobalt determination in biological materials by thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Microchem. J., 82 (2): 189-195.
57. Matos, G.D. and Arruda, M.A.Z. (2008) Improvements in cobalt determination by thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry using an on-line derivatization strategy. Talanta, 76 (2): 475-478.
58. Wen, X.D., Wu, P., Xu, K.L., Wang, J.W., and Hou, X.D. (2009) On-line precipitation-dissolution in knotted reactor for thermospray flame furnace AAS for determination of ultratrace cadmium. Microchem. J. 91 (2): 193-196.
59. Olesik, J.W., Kinzer, J.A., and Olesik, S.V. (1995) Capillary electrophoresis inductively-coupled plasma spectrometry for rapid elemental speciation. Anal. Chem., 67 (1): 1-12.
60. Kannamkumarath, S.S., Wrobel, K., Wrobel, K., B'Hymer, C., and Caruso, J.A. (2002) Capillary electrophoresis-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: An attractive complementary technique for elemental speciation analysis. J. Chromatogr. A, 975 (2): 245-266.
61. Li, Y., Jiang, Y., and Yan, X.P. (2005) On-line hyphenation of capillary electrophoresis with flame-heated furnace atomic absorption spectrometry for trace mercury speciation. Electrophoresis, 26 (3): 661-667.
62. Ribeiro, A.S., Borges, D.L.G., Vieira, M.A., and Curtius, A.J. (2007) Coupling of ultrasonic nebulization to flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry - New possibilities for trace element determination. Microchem. J., 85 (2): 341-346.
63. Wu, P., Liu, R., Berndt, H., Lv, Y., and Hou, X.D. (2008) Highly sensitive pneumatic nebulization flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry: Complete sample aerosol introduction and on-line preconcentration of cadmium by atom trap. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom. 23 (1): 37-42.
64. Figueiredo, E.C., Dedina, J., and Arruda, M.A.Z. (2007) Metal furnace heated by flame as a hydride atomizer for atomic absorption spectrometry: Sb determination in environmental and pharmaceutical samples. Talanta, 73 (4): 621-628.
65. Klassen, A., Kim, M.L., Tudino, M.B., Baccan, N., and Arruda, M.A.Z. (2008) A metallic furnace atomizer in hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry: Determination of bismuth and selenium. Spectrochim. Acta B, 63 (8): 850-855.
66. Wu, X., Wu, P., He, S.P., Yang, W.S., Lv, Y., and Hou, X.D. (2009) Improved performance of on-line atom trapping in flame furnace AAS by chemical vapor generation: Interference-free determination of cadmium in high salinity water samples. Spectros. Lett.
67. Wu, P., Zhang, Y.C., Liu, R., Lv, Y., and Hou, X.D. (2009) Comparison of tungsten coil electrothermal vaporization and thermospray sample introduction methods for flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Talanta, 77 (5): 1778-1782.
68. Schiavo, D. and Nóbrega, J.A. (2008) Interferences in thermospray flame furnace AAS: Co and Mn behavior. Spectros. Lett., 41 (7): 354-360.
69. Miranda,K., Bueno, M.I.M.S., and Pereira-Filho, E.R. (2009) Relevant information of concomitants obtained from background signal using thermospray flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (TS-FF-AAS) and chemometric tools. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 24 (3): 304-309.
70. Bin, H., Li, S., Xiang, G.Q., He, M., and Jiang, Z.C. (2007) Recent progress in electrothermal vaporization - Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Appl. Spectros. Rev., 42 (2): 203-234.
71. Barin, J.S., Bartz, F.R., Dressler, V.L., Paniz, J.N.G., and Flores, E.M.M. (2008) Microwave-induced combustion coupled to flame furnace atomic absorption spectrometry for determination of cadmium and lead in botanical samples. Anal. Chem., 80 (23): 9369-9374.
72. Yan, X.P. and Jiang, Y. (2001) Flow injection on-line preconcentration and separation coupled with atomic (mass) spectrometry for trace element (speciation) analysis based on sorption of organo-metallic complexes in a knotted reactor. Trends Anal. Chem., 20 (10): 552-562.
73. Wang, Y., Chen, M.L., and Wang, J.H. (2007) New developments in flow injection/ sequential injection on-line separation and preconcentration coupled with electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry for tracemetal analysis. Appl. Spectros. Rev., 42 (2): 103-118.
74. Sun, Y.C. and Ho, M.C. (2004) In vitro evaluation of microdialysis-electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry hyphenation system for continuous monitoring of trace metal ions in simulated biological systems. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom. 19 1504-1506.
75. Chuang, Y.T., Ling, Y.C., Yang, C.S., Sun, Y.C., Lee, P.L., Lin, C.Y., Hong, C.C., and Yang, M.H. (2007) In vivo monitoring of multiple trace metals in the brain extracellular fluid of anesthetized rats by microdialysis-membrane desalter-ICPMS. Anal. Chem., 79: 8900-8910.
76. Haraguchi, H. (2004) Metallomics as integrated biometal science. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 19 (1): 5-14.
77. Koppenaal, D.W. and Hieftje, G.M. (2007) Metallomics - an interdisciplinary and evolving field. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 22 (8): 855.
78. Li, Y., Xia, Y.L., Jiang, Y., and Yan, X.P. (2008) Extracting stoichiometry, thermodynamics, and kinetics for the interaction of DNA with cadmium ion by capillary electrophoresis on-line coupled with electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Electrophoresis, 29 (5): 1173-1179.
79. Li, Y., Yan, X.P., and Jiang, Y. (2005) Interfacing capillary electrophoresis and electrothermal atomic absorption spectroscopy to study metal speciation and metalbiomolecule interactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 44 (39): 6387-6391.