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Sequential injection determination of nitrate in vegetables by spectrophotometry with inline cadmium reduction

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A sequential injection system for the determination of nitrate (NO3 2) in vegetables was developed to automate this determination, allowing for substantially reduced reagent consumption and generated waste using low-cost equipment. After extraction with water and filtration, the extracted nitrate is reduced inline to nitrite in a copperized cadmium (Cd) column and determined as nitrite. According to the Griess–Ilosvay reaction, nitrate is diazotized with sulfanilamide and coupled with N-(1-naphtyl)-ethylenediamine dihydrochloride to form a purple-red azo dye monitored at 538 nm. Nitrate can be determined within a range of 1.35–50.0 mg L21 of NO3 2 (corresponding to 0.270–10.0 g of NO3 2 per kg of vegetable), with a conversion rate of nitrate to nitrite of 99.1+0.8%. The results obtained for 15 vegetable extracts compare well with those provided by the classical procedure, with a sampling throughput of 24 determinations per hour and relative standard deviations better than 1.2%.

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Copperized cadmium column Nitrate Sequential injection analysis Spectrophotometry Vegetables

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"Communications in soil science and plant analysis". ISSN 0010-3624. 38: 3-4 (2007) 533-544

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Taylor & Francis Group

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