Determination of Lead and Cadmium in Beverage by Using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry after Pre-concentration

A method was developed for the determination of lead and cadmium in beverage by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry(GFAAS) after pre-concentration. The trace lead and cadmium ions was chelated with ammonium pyrrolidine dithio carbamate (APDC), and fixed on active carbon at pH 4.0-7.0. Then the active carbon was collected on through vacuum filtration, washed with 1ml of diammoniumhy drogenosphate solution (10 g/L) containing 0.2% nitric acid, and the suspension was directly used for the determination by GFAAS. Concentration of lead and cadmium in beverage samples was 2.50×10-12 g, 6.94×10-13 g respectively, with the relative standard deviation(RSD) from 3.04% to 6.21% and spike recoveries from 97.9% to 107.0%. This method could be used to determinate trace heavy metal in beverage.