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Microwave digestion of effluents with aqua regia

Summary
Effluents are digested in aqua regia using an Analytik Jena microwave digestion system.

Equipment Type Manufacturer

TOPwave® Analytik Jena AG
PL 100 Analytik Jena AG

Reagents
HNO3 65% 2.5 ml
HCl 37% 7.5 ml

Procedure
Before heated in the microwave oven 30 ml of the sample are mixed carefully with 2.5 ml nitric acid
and 7.5 ml hydrochloride acid. Allow the mixture to react for a period of at least 20 minutes. Close
the vessel and heat in the microwave oven with the following program.

Temperature Program Step 1 2 3 4

T [°C] 145 180

P [bar] 40 40

Power [%] 70 80

Ramp [min] 5 3

Time [min] 5 10

Wait until the vessels have cooled to room temperature. Carefully open the digestion vessel in a fume hood wearing
hand, eye and body protection.

If the samples are not digested completely, add some more ml of peroxide and heat again. The
solution is transferred to volumetric flask and filled to 50 ml with water.

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Results
Usually clear , colourless solutions are obtained which can be analysed for Ag, Al, As, Ca, Cd, Cu,
Fe, Hg, K, Mg, Mo, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb and Zn by AAS.

Notes: This application serves only as a guide line and may need to be optimized for your sample.

Chemicals of Sigma Aldrich® were used.

Printing and further use permitted with a reference to the source.

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