Progress of Cryogenics and Isotopes Separation

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The National Conference with international participation on New Cryogenic and Isotope Technologies for Energy and Environment - EnergEn 2018 is organized by the National Research-Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies - ICSI Rm. Valcea with the scientific participation of the University of Pitesti and the University of Craiova and will be held at Baile Govora, in 2018.
OPTIMIZED METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE MINERAL Print

OPTIMIZED METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE MINERAL

CONTENT OF HONEY

 

 

Elisabeta-Irina Geana*, Claudia Sandru, Roxana-Elena Ionete

 

National Institute for Research and Development for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies - ICIT Rm. Valcea, Uzinei Street no. 4, P.O. Box Raureni 7, 240050, Ramnicu Valcea, Romania

 

 

ABSTRACT

 

The measurement of element concentration in honey is generally a combination of a digestion procedure for dissolution of elements and a subsequent measurement of the dissolved elements. Prior to analysis, the honey samples must be decomposed with the appropriate methods procedure with digestates containing reduced amounts of carbon residues. In this work, the concentrations of twenty two chemical elements were determined in honey samples using HNO3 and H2O2 for mineralization. Trace element contents (Al, Ba, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Li, Mn, Ni, Sb, Sr, Pb, Tl, Th, U, V, Zn,) were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), and major elements (Ca, K, Mg, Na) by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (F-AAS). The results showed that the microwave acid digestion with mixture HNO3:H2O2 = 9:1 was overall the best procedure for dissolution of elements from honey samples.

 

Keywords: honey, mineral content, microwave digestion, ICP-MS, AAS

*Corresponding author: Irina Elisabeta Geana, phone: 0250.732.744; fax: 0250.732.746; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it