Author(s): Abdulrahman A. Al-Warthan and Hassan M. Al-Swaidan
Article publication date: 1995-12-01
Vol. 13 No. 3 (yearly), pp. 453-461.
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Keywords
dates, Saudi Arabia, elements
Abstract
A rapid and sensitive method for the determination of trace elements (Mn, Pb, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cd) in the flesh of various date species of Saudi Arabia is described. The optimization of the operating conditions and figures of merit are given. Detection limits are in the range of 0.01-130 ppb. The relative standard deviations range from 0.47% to 4.87% for the flesh in date cultivars. It has been shown that the method has great advantages for the determination of those elements in date cultivars compared to the wet and dry ashing techniques.