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Radiochemical activation analysis of arsenic, selenium and antimony in biological samples

  • Rolf Rosenberg
  • VTT (former employee or external)

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Abstract

A method for the neutron activation analysis of arsenic, selenium and antimony has been developed. A radiochemical separation is performed by distillation followed by precipitation of the individual elements. Selenium and arsenic are precipitated by reduction to the elemental form while antimony is precipitated as sulfide. The chemical yields and detection limits using 0.5 g samples are the following: As 90–100%, 0.4 ppb, Se 80–100%, 8 ppb and Sb 50–70%, 0.2 ppb. Results from the analysis of nine international biological standard samples are given.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)109–114
JournalJournal of Radioanalytical Chemistry
Volume50
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1979
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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