The Determination of Traces of Bismuth by Solid State Luminescence

Abstract
Traces of Bi(III) are determined with good selectivity by measurement of the luminescence (λex = 355 nm; λem = 430 nm) of CaO:Bi phosphor after co-precipitation with calcium oxalate and ignition at 850–900 °C. The detection limit is better than 0.01 μg Bi in 15 mg CaO; bismuth can be quantitatively recovered from 500 ml sample volumes and analysis is possible for 0.02 ng Bi/ml. The method has been successfully applied to the determination of trace amounts of bismuth added to synthetic blood and kidney samples.

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