Sponges and sponge-like materials in sample preparation: a journey from past to present and into the future

TG Chatzimitakos, CD Stalikas - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Even though instrumental advancements are constantly being made in analytical chemistry,
sample preparation is still considered the bottleneck of analytical methods. To this end …

Employment of polyurethane foam for the adsorption of Methylene Blue in aqueous medium

EE Baldez, NF Robaina, RJ Cassella - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2008 - Elsevier
This work presents a detailed study about the adsorption of Methylene Blue (MB) onto
polyether type polyurethane foam (PUF). The adsorption process is based on the formation …

Copper determination in beer by flame atomic absorption spectrometry after extraction and preconcentration by dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction

JRK Silveira, LC Brudi, SR Waechter, PA Mello… - Microchemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, an extraction and preconcentration method based on dispersive liquid–liquid
microextraction (DLLME) for Cu determination in beer by flame atomic absorption …

Synthesis and application of a functionalized resin for flow injection/F AAS copper determination in waters

RJ Cassella, OIB Magalhães, MT Couto, ELS Lima… - Talanta, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper reports the development of a new strategy for low-level determination of copper
in water samples by using a flow-injection system coupled to solid-phase extraction (SPE) …

Dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction: An efficient approach for the extraction of Cd and Pb from honey and determination by flame atomic absorption spectrometry

FC Rosa, FA Duarte, JNG Paniz, GM Heidrich… - Microchemical …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, the application of dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) for the
extraction and preconcentration of Cd and Pb in honey and subsequent determination by …

Multivariate optimization and validation studies in on-line pre-concentration system for lead determination in drinking water and saline waste from oil refinery

WL dos Santos, CMM dos Santos, JLO Costa… - Microchemical …, 2004 - Elsevier
The present paper proposes an on-line pre-concentration procedure for lead determination
in drinking water and saline waste from oil refinery by flame atomic absorption spectrometry …

Synthesis, adsorption and selectivity studies of N-propyl quaternized magnetic poly (4-vinylpyridine) for hexavalent chromium

NT Tavengwa, E Cukrowska, L Chimuka - Talanta, 2013 - Elsevier
The ability of solid N-propyl quaternized magnetic poly (4-vinylpyridine) for the extraction of
chromium (VI) in aqueous solutions was investigated. For the synthesized Cr (VI) magnetic …

Spectrophotometric measurement of Cu (DDTC) 2 for the simultaneous determination of zinc and copper

MN Uddin, MA Salam, MA Hossain - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
A spectrophotometric procedure for the simultaneous determination of zinc (II) and copper
(II) in a mixture using diethyldithiocarbamate (DDTC) as ligand has been described …

Adsorption of the herbicides diquat and difenzoquat on polyurethane foam: Kinetic, equilibrium and computational studies

JO Vinhal, KK Nege, MR Lage, JWM Carneiro… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work reports a study about the adsorption of the herbicides diquat and difenzoquat from
aqueous medium employing polyurethane foam (PUF) as the adsorbent and sodium …

Adsorption performance of carboxylated multi-wall carbon nanotube-Fe3O4 magnetic hybrids for Cu (II) in water

D Xiao, H Li, H He, R Lin, P Zuo - New Carbon Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Carboxylated multi-wall carbon nanotube (c-MWCNT)-Fe 3 O 4 magnetic hybrids (c-
MWCNTMCs) were prepared by mixing FeCl 3· 6H 2 O, sodium acetate, ethylene glycol and …