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AUTHOR
D. J. Yusá-marco
Quantitative electron probe microanalysis of metallic oxide mixtures applying an empirical calibration technique
Abstract An analytical procedure is proposed for the independent quantitative chemical analysis of each element in the presence of other elements in the matrix of a sample by Energy Dispersive Electron Probe Microanalysis. For this purpose, an empirical calibration technique (which we shall call here the JABO method), which studies the variation of the X-ray intensities in terms of the analyte concentration in a chemical system with a complex matrix, is established. The methodology consists of the modification of the unknown sample by addition of a diluent, an internal standard and the analyte itself (dilution-addition method). A mathematical model is proposed to calculate the K parameters …
Determination of the Boron/Lead Ratio in Ceramic Materials Based on Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance
A method for quantitatively determining the relationship boron/lead in ceramic materials is presented. It is based on the attachment of microsamples of ceramic frits to an electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM). After a reductive deposition step in the � 0.25 to � 0.85 V (vs. AgCl/Ag) potential range, well-defined stripping peaks are recorded in 0.10 M NaCl plus 0.10 M mannitol. The deposition of boron and lead from suspensions of solid materials, and its subsequent oxidative dissolution can be monitorized at the EQCM. The quotient between the maximum mass gain and the corresponding charge passed enables for a direct quantitation of the boron/lead molar ratio in ceramic material…
Validation of a method for the determination of boron in ceramic materials by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Abstract A method is proposed for boron determination in ceramic materials, boracic raw materials and ceramics frits of different compositions by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence technique. The instrumental conditions were studied and the sample preparation procedures were optimized. The reference method used was the potentiometric titration of mannitol–boric complex acid and the technique was optimized for the determination of B 2 O 3 in each of the materials used. The samples for XRF determination were obtained as pellets and as glass discs. For the pellets different binders were studied, such as mannitol and cellullose for the samples of raw materials, and polyvinylpirrolidone an…
Electrochemical determination of boron in minerals and ceramic materials
Abstract A method for quantitatively determining boron in minerals and ceramic materials is described. It is based on the abrasive attachment of mixtures of ZnO plus sample to PIGEs. After a reductive deposition step, square wave voltammograms recorded for those modified electrodes immersed into 0.10 M NaCl+0.25 M mannitol provide well-defined stripping peaks at −0.85 and −0.15 V vs. AgCl/Ag for the oxidation of Zn and B, respectively. The quotients between the peak areas and the peak currents for the stripping oxidation of B and Zn vary linearly with the molar ratio of B and Zn in the mixture, thus providing an electrochemical method for determining the boron content in solid samples. Resu…
Correction of Matrix Effect in Multielemental Quantitative Analysis by X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy Using the Linear Behavior in the Analytical Range of the Substitution-Dilution Method
This paper is an analytical study of the possibility of applying the linear range of the substitution-dilution method to correct the matrix effect in quantitative analysis by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy. The analytical range is obtained from a series of samples prepared in the form of glass discs by substituting the unknown sample with a standard sample (substitution factor, h) including a diluent-melt. In general, the substitution-dilution method is hyperbolic in character and therefore the diluent is required to ensure linear behavior between If vs. h in the experimental range. The linear range is located between the concentrations of standard and unknown for each element analy…
Electrochemical Determination of the Fe(III)/Fe(II) Ratio in Archaeological Ceramic Materials Using Carbon Paste and Composite Electrodes
A method for determining the iron(III)/iron(II) ratio in ceramic materials based on microsample attachment to graphite/polyester composite electrodes is presented. This quotient is of considerable interest for determining the nature and firing conditions of the original materials in archaeological ceramics. The electrochemistry of iron in ceramic materials in acetic/acetate and Na2EDTA aqueous solutions is described in terms of reductive dissolution processes of iron(III) materials and oxidative dissolution processes of iron(II) ones. The iron(III)/iron(II) ratio is determined from peak area measurements in linear scan voltammograms performed in 0.10 M acetic/acetate buffer (pH 4.70) and 0.…
Substitution–dilution method to correct the matrix effect in multi-element quantitative analysis by X-ray fluorescence
Abstract A mathematical model based on the dilution–addition method (DAM) for multi-elemental analysis using an X-ray fluorescence technique is proposed. The conditions for sample preparation do not require both the unknown and standard samples to be similar in composition and mineralogy, and the unknown sample is replaced quantitatively by the standard sample, hence the denomination substitution–dilution method (SDM). This method makes it possible to correct the matrix effect in multi-elemental quantitative analysis by X-ray fluorescence for each analyte. The proposed model presents hyperbolic behaviour of the experimental data when the X-ray fluorescence intensities are represented versus…