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Abstract
Evaluation of hexavalent chromium in air samples is one of the important challenges of occupational and environmental health experts. In this study, a zinc oxide rod nanocomposite (ZnR/nC) with quasi-oxidative properties was used in development of colorimetric method for determination of hexavalent chromium in air samples. The synthesized nanocomposite was characterized by different techniques such as Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Nanocomposite was used as a catalyst in the oxidative reaction between 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) and hexavalent chromium. The physical and chemical factors affecting the process were optimized with the response surface method-central composite design. pH 3.3, 0.3 mg ZnR/nC and 5.2 mM TMB was evaluated as optimized chemical parameters. Kinetic investigations of colorimetric method were done and rate constant and maximum reaction rate were evaluated as 0.036 mM and 2.75 mM/s, respectively. Under optimal conditions, the detection limit and accuracy of the method were evaluated as 0.02 μg/L and 4.7 %, respectively. Linear dynamic range and the regression coefficient of the calibration curve were obtained as 0.1–1.5 mg/L and R2 > 0.99, respectively. The recovery percentage of hexavalent chromium in air samples was equal to 98.9 %, which indicates the good applicability of the proposed method in determination of hexavalent chromium, which is capable of competing with the standard method (NIOSH 7600).
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Launched in January 1998, Inorganic Chemistry Communications is an international journal dedicated to the rapid publication of short communications in the major areas of inorganic, organometallic and supramolecular chemistry. Topics include synthetic and reaction chemistry, kinetics and mechanisms of reactions, bioinorganic chemistry, photochemistry and the use of metal and organometallic compounds in stoichiometric and catalytic synthesis or organic compounds.