Development of new analytical method for preconcentration/speciation of inorganic antimony in bottled mineral water using FIA-HG AAS system and SiO2/Al2O3/SnO2 ternary oxide

In the present paper, a new analytical preconcentration/speciation method for antimony species determination in bottled mineral water samples using the SiO2/Al2O3/SnO2 adsorbent was developed. The method is based on selective adsorption of Sb(III) ions by SiO2/Al2O3/SnO2 under a wide pH range (2.5-7.5). Total antimony was determined with previous sample treatment using 0.1% (w/v) L-cysteine and the concentration of Sb(V) species was determined by the difference between total and Sb(III). The proposed method provided an analytical curve ranging from 0.50 to 5.00 mu g L-1 (r = 0.999), limit of detection (LD) of 0.17 mu g L-1 and preconcentration factor (PF) of 136-fold. The method exhibited tolerance to different metal ions and the accuracy was attested from addition and recovery tests (95.2-106.0%) in bottled mineral water samples using 2.0% (w/v) L-cysteine, as well as by analysis of certified material. Only Sb(III) species were determined in mineral water (0.54-1.04 mu g L-1)294405413CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL DE NÍVEL SUPERIOR - CAPESFUNDAÇÃO ARAUCÁRIA DE APOIO AO DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO DO ESTADO DO PARANÁ - FA307432/2017-33353/2014; 23038.007082/2014-03não temThe authors acknowledge the financial support and fellowships of Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Nível Superior (CAPES) (Project Pró-Forenses 3353/2014 Grant No 23038.007082/2014-03), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (307432/2017-3), Fundação Araucária do Paraná (163/2014), SETI do Paraná, and Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Bioanalítica (INCT) (FAPESP Grant No 2014/50867-3 and CNPq Grant No 465389/2014-7