Research Article

Determination of Trace Amounts of Palladium in Water Samples by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry after Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction

Table 2

Analytical characteristics of proposed method.

ParameterAnalytical feature

Linear range (μg L−1)0.05–1.0
Limit of detection (μg L−1) ( )0.02
Repeatability (RSDa, %) ( )3.5
Enrichment factorb166.5

Pd(II) concentration was 0.2  g L−1 for which RSD was obtained.
Concentration factor is the volume ratio (Va/Vs) of the aqueous phase (Va) and volume of sedimented phase (Vs).