Organic Solvent Effect for Atomic Absorption Sensitivity

Abstract

AbstractThe organic solvent give greatest sensitivity enhancement were used in solvent extraction studies. When extracting (100ml) of aqueous solution with (50ml) of organic solvent. It is possible to detect silver at 5x 10-3 ppm, Galium at 4x10-3 ppm, Germanium at 8x10-3 ppm and copper at 2x10-3 ppm based up on the original aqueous phase concentration by using flame atomic absorption technique. Silver, galium, germanium and Copper standard curves were prepared by extraction (100ml) of aqueous solution with (20ml) of organic solvent. Enhancement of atomic absorption sensitivity have been observed in most cases.