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M Llobat

Detection and correction of interferences in spectroscopy techniques

By combining the apparent content curves method and the Youden method, we have developed a strategy for detecting constant and proportional errors in spectroscopy techniques. A method for elimination of spectral interferences (different of blank) is also proposed. To apply of this method there must be a matrix effect that varies with the amount of sample or a simulated matrix effect provided working under different experimental conditions that induce a variation of the analytical signal of the analyte. The proposed procedures have been applied to the determination of methyl orange in presence of phenol red, bromothymol blue and bromocresol purple.

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Fluorimetric determination of amphetamine in urine by flow injection with on-line liquid–liquid extraction

Abstract Determination of amphetamine in urine was performed by batch and flow injection methodologies. The suitable experimental conditions for fluorimetric measurements were established. The liquid–liquid extraction was carried out at pH 13 using diethyl ether as extracting reagent. The measurement conditions were 260 nm and 277 nm for excitation and emission wavelengths, respectively. The method requires standard addition calibration and Youden blank correction. The influence of the main metabolites of amphetamine and metamphetamine were studied. The accuracy and precision of the proposed method was tested and the method is adapted to the flow injection procedure with on-line extraction.

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