Abstract:
In order to determine trace gold in geochemical samples by GF-AAS under hypobaric hypoxia condition in Tibetan areas, the effects of digestion solvents, adsorption temperature, desorption time and dosage of Fe
3+on the determination were discussed. GF-AAS measurement condition was optimized and the catalytic mechanism of Fe
3+ during sample processing and pre-concentration steps was studied in detail. The detection limit of the method for Au was 0.102 ng/g with dynamic range of 0.24~300 ng/g. The accuracy of the method was 0.01~0.03 (Δlg
C,
n=12) with precision of 1.61%~7.33%RSD (
n=12). The method has been applied to the determination of trace gold in geochemical samples in Tibetan with satisfactory results.