高分辨电感耦合等离子体质谱法测定煤质样品中49种痕量元素

Various trace elements, especially potential toxic trace elements such as As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Ni, Se, Tl, Zn, would be concentrated in processing of coal. Determination of these elements in coal is very important for identification of coal quality. A method is developed for determination of 49 trace elements in coal by high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HR-ICPMS). Microwave acid digestion and low-temperature airproof acid digestion for sample preparation were investigated. It is shown that the low-temperature airproof acid digestion method is of lower blank, and more suitalbe for the coal sample preparation. The on-line internal standard (Rh) sample introduction is applied to compensate matrix effects in measurement by ICPMS. The method gives low detection limits (0.002-1.60 μg/g) and better relative standard deviations (0.60%-4.78%) for the determined 49 elements in coal.

Analytical Case Study on a Dedicated Pigment in Recycling Processes of Polyethylene

The ability to track & trace materials is a key feature in the entire chain, and it ensures circularity principles. Examples from plastic recycling show the enormous added value that analytical technology can have for the circular economy. During polymer production and recycling processes, pigments can be added for different purposes;e.g. as colouring agent of the polymeric product but also as tracer for tracking process development and control in the final recycle products versus possible by-products. An analytical method for tracking the pigment Solvent Blue 15 in input materials, in intermediates as well as in recyclates was developed by tracing and quantifying an indicator metal which is copper (Cu). Therefore, suitable digestion procedures and a quantification method by high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS) were developed and used for measuring the polymeric digests. The method was tested on relevant samples from chemical recycling processes. The background concentrations in base/raw material are in the range of 0.05 - 0.1 mg·kg-1 Cu. The processing concentrations are in the range of 4.2 to 28 mg·kg-1 Cu, while the pigment starting material (polyethylene, PE) has a concentration of around 50 mg·kg-1 Cu.