Spectrometric and morphological characterisation of condensed phase zirconium species produced during electrothermal heating on a graphite platform

Castro, M. A. and Aller, A. J. and McCabe, A. and Smith, W. E. and Littlejohn, D. (2005) Spectrometric and morphological characterisation of condensed phase zirconium species produced during electrothermal heating on a graphite platform. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 20 (5). pp. 385-394. ISSN 0267-9477

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    Abstract

    Condensed phase zirconium species, produced over the temperature range 200–2500 °C, were analysed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive (ED) X-ray spectrometry, attenuated total reflectance (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometry and Raman spectrometry. Very similar results were derived using pyrolytic and non-pyrolytic graphite platforms. Zirconia or zirconia mixed together with alumina in a solid solution were the predominant species on the platform surface up to about 1500 °C. The presence of alumina prevents conversion of the tetragonal phase of zirconia to the monoclinic phase, which is dominant for zirconia alone. Above 1500 °C, aluminium and zirconium follow independent thermochemical transformations; reduction of zirconia and alumina by graphite occurs, but aluminium species are volatilised, whereas some Zr metal remains on the surface after a full heating cycle at 2500 °C, provided that 100 μg of Zr is initially deposited on the platform. There was no evidence that zirconium carbide is formed to any significant extent and so chemical modification by Zr in ETAAS seems to involve the effects of zirconia or Zr metal on the analyte.

    ORCID iDs

    Castro, M. A., Aller, A. J., McCabe, A., Smith, W. E. and Littlejohn, D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1555-9427;
    • Item type:Article
      ID code:10151
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      7 April 2005
      Published
      14 March 2005
      Accepted
      Keywords:analytical atomic spectrometry, condensed phase zirconium species, electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry, Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry
      Subjects:Science > Chemistry
      Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
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      Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
      Date deposited:30 Jun 2011 11:22
      Last modified:07 May 2021 09:18
      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/10151
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