Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish a method for simultaneous determination of 21 heavy metals(including Cd, Pb, As, Hg, Co, V, U and so on) in cod liver oil by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry(ICP-MS).
METHODS Samples were decomposed in the ultra high pressure microwave digestion instrument, followed by dilution with 5% HNO
3 then the above 21 heavy metal elements in the solution were analyzed directly by ICP-MS.The use of octopole reaction system(ORS) could eliminate the interference of polyatomic ions dramatically.In, Ge, Bi and Sc were used to correct the matrix interference and drift.
RESULTS The detection limits of the elements was in the range of 0.000 2–0.554 3 µg·L
-1, the relative standard deviation was <5.0% for all the elements, and the recovery rate of each element was 90%–109% by adding standard recovery experiment.
CONCLUSION This method is rapid, simple, sensitive and applicable for the analysis of 21 trace heavy metal elements in cod liver oil.