NEMI Method Summary

Method Summary Information

Method Number: I-2403 Media: WATER
Revision: 1989
Method Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Subcategory: INORGANIC Analytes in this method
Official Name: Lead, atomic absorption spectrophotometry, graphite furnace
Descriptive Name Lead, dissolved in water by GFAA
Source Info: USGS Branch of Information Services
Box 25286, MS 417
Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0286
Phone: 303-202-4700
Citation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-125
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Brief Method
Summary:
 Lead is determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in conjunction with a graphite furnace containing a graphite platform (Hinderberger and others, 1981). A sample is placed on the graphite platform, and a matrix modifier is added. The sample then is evaporated to dryness, charred, and atomized using high-temperature ramping. The absorption signal produced during atomization is recorded and compared with standards.
Scope And
Application:
 This method is used to determine lead in samples of water with a specific conductance not greater than 10,000 uS/cm. With Zeeman background correction and a 20-uL sample, the method is applicable in the range from 1 to 25 ug/L.
Applicable
Conc Range:
 1 to 25 ug/L
Interferences: Interferences for samples with specific conductances less than 10,000 uS/cm normally are small. In addition, the use of the graphite platform reduces the effects of many interferences. Special precautionary measures to prevent contamination need to be used during sample collection and laboratory determination.
QC Requirements: Calibrate instrument using calibration standards (CAL). Quality control samples (QCS) and laboratory blanks (LB) analyzed at a minimum of I each after every 10 samples
Sample Handling: Container Description: 250 mL Polyethylene bottle, acid-rinsed. Treatment and Preservation: Filter through 0.45-um filter, use filtered sample to rinse containers and acidify sample with HNO3 to pH < 2.
Max Holding Time:
 180 days
 
Relative Cost: $51 to $200
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