Determination of Nano Amounts of Copper in Environmental, Biological, and Water Samples Via Cloud Point Extraction and Spectrophotometry
Abstract
AbstractA cloud point extraction procedure was presented for the preconcentration and determination of copper(II) ion in various real samples. After complexation by amino-4-(3-nitrophenylazo)pyridine-3-ol, (ANPAP), copper(II) ions was quantitatively recovered in Triton X-114 after centrifugation. 0.4 mL of ethanol acidified with 1.0 M HNO3 was added to the surfactant-rich phase prior to its analysis by specrophotometry at λmax 618. The influence of analytical parameters including complexing agent, Triton X-114, buffer solutions, bath temperature, heating time, centrifuge rate and time were optimized. Under the optimum conditions, the calibration curve is linear for the concentration range of 4.0-115 ng mL-1. The detection and quantification limits of the method were 1.20 and 3.94 ng mL-1 of Cu(II) ion. The enhancement factor of 250 was achieved for 100 mL samples containing the analyte with RSDs were 31.25%. The interference effect of some anions and cations was also tested. The method was applied to determine of copper in environmental, water and biological samples.