Ultra Trace Determination of Lead and Copper Ions in Water Samples Using Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Supported on Sba-15 Nanomaterial Publisher



Hajiaghababaei L¹ ; Farashe Z¹ ; Badiei A² ; Ganjali MR^{3, 4} ; Ziarani GM⁵
Source: Journal of Water and Environmental Nanotechnology Published:2020

Abstract

In this work, polyamidoamine dendrimer G(1.5) supported on SBA-15 nanoporous is used as a novel sorbent for extraction and determination of Pb2+ and Cu2+ ions from environmental water specimens utilizing flame atomic absorption spectrometry. FTIR spectrum and thermal analysis were used to represent the existence of dendrimer groups in the silica framework. The various parameters like pH, concentration of eluent, extraction time, and interfering ions on extraction efficiency were studied. Pb2+ and Cu2+ ions were completely extracted at pH= 5-8 after stirring for 5 minutes. The minimum quantity of acid for stripping the ions from SBA-G1.5 was examined and the pre-concentration factor of the technique was 233 for both of ions. Under the optimized conditions, the linearity of the technique was within 10-40 ng mL−1 Pb2+ and 2-20 ng mL−1 Cu2+. Detection limits for Pb2+ and Cu2+ were 5.0 and 1.2 ng mL-1 and the relative standard deviations (RSD, %, C=15 ng mL-1, n=5) were 2.9 % and 2.1 %, respectively. There was good consistency between the measured and added amount of Pb2+ and Cu2+ in spiked distilled water which indicates good accuracy of methods. The capability of the method in a real sample was tested in various water samples. © 2020, Iranian Environmental Mutagen Society. All rights reserved.