Determination of antimony and tin in beverages using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry after ultrasound-assisted ionic liquid dispersive liquid-liquid phase microextraction

N. Raphael Biata, Luthando Nyaba, James Ramontja, Nomvano Mketo, Philiswa N. Nomngongo

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop a simple and fast ultrasound-assisted ionic liquid dispersive liquid-liquid phase microextraction (UA-IL-DLLME) method for preconcetration of trace antimony and tin in beverage samples. The novelty of this study was based on the application of ligandless UA-IL-DLLME using low-density ionic liquid and organic solvents for preconcentration of Sb and Sn. The concentration of Sb and Sn were quantified using ICP-OES. Under the optimum conditions, the calibration graph was found to be LOQ-250 µg L−1 (r2 = 0.9987) for Sb and LOQ-350 µg L−1 for Sn. The LOD and LOQ of Sb and Sn ranged from 1.2to 2.5 ng L−1 and 4.0 to 8.3 ng L−1, respectively, with high preconcentration factors. The precisions (%RSD) of the proposed method ranged from 2.1% to 2.5% and 3.9% to 4.7% for Sb and Sn, respectively. The proposed method was successfully applied for determination of Sb and Sn in beverages.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)904-911
Number of pages8
JournalFood Chemistry
Volume237
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Dec 2017

Keywords

  • Antimony
  • Ionic liquid-dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction
  • Non-alcoholic beverages
  • Small central composite design matrix
  • Tin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Food Science

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