Research Article

Microwave-Assisted Digestion of Polyurethane Foam as an Alternative to Elution: Solid Phase Extraction of Cd(II) and Pb(II) for Their Determination in Swimming Pool Waters

Table 4

Results obtained for recoveries of spike additions of lead and cadmium in water samples.

SamplePb concentration (μg L−1)Recovery (%)Cd concentration (μg L−1)Recovery (%)

SPW10<LOQ00.22 ± 0.04
10.08.3 ± 0.283 ± 21.01.14 ± 0.1692 ± 16

SPW20<LOQ00.44 ± 0.09
10.09.2 ± 0.492 ± 41.01.37 ± 0.0493 ± 3

SPW30<LOQ01.02 ± 0.04
10.08.8 ± 0.388 ± 31.02.05 ± 0.05103 ± 3

SPW4011.4 ± 200.86 ± 0.03
10.021.9 ± 0.8105 ± 41.01.68 ± 0.0482 ± 2