Tin Content Determination in Canned Fruits and Vegetables by Hydride Generation Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry

Table 1

ICP-AES operating conditions.

Instrument	Prodigy high-dispersive ICP
Spectrometer	High resolution echelle polychromator
	Large-format programmable array detector (L-PAD)
RF generator	40 MHz “free running”
Argon flow	Coolant: 18 L min^−1
	Auxiliary: 0.8 L min^−1
	Nebulizer: 36 psi
Nebulizer	Pneumatic (glass concentric)
Spray chamber	Glass cyclonic
Hydride generator	Leeman Labs. Inc. Part No. 130-1070
	Three channel peristaltic pump (0.9 mL min^−1)
	T connector
	Reaction coil
	Output power (1.3 kW)
	Plasma viewing (Radial)
Replicates for each analysis run	3
Sample uptake delay	50 s
Integration time	40 s
Emission lines	Sn (II) 189.991 nm
	Sn (I) 224.605 nm
	Sn (I) 235.484 nm
	Sn (I) 283.999 nm