Research Article

Development and Validation of a New Method for Determination of Pb and Cr in Marine Organisms by Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF) Spectroscopy

Table 2

Simultaneous determination of Pb and Cr in marine samples.

Sample IDLeadChromium
Added (μg·L−1)Found (μg·L−1)bRecovery (%)Added (μg·L−1)Found (μg·L−1)bRecovery (%)

TOP-033a034.20 ± 1.50037.10 ± 0.012
2053.80 ± 0.07982057.20 ± 0.09100

TIB-15a032.40 ± 0.07040.50 ± 0.20
2051.30 ± 0.10952060.70 ± 0.20101

GSD-03a012.10 ± 0.06053.30 ± 0.05
2031.20 ± 0.10962071.30 ± 0.0290

aThe results are reported as the Pb and Cr concentration in the analyzed solutions. bThe results are expressed as the mean value ± SD (n = 3).