ICP-OES determination of traces of Ru, Au, V and Ti preconcentrated and separated by a new poly(epoxy-melamine) chelating resin from solutions

A new poly(epoxy-melamine) chelating resin is synthesized from epoxy resin and used for the preconcentration and separation of traces of Ru(III), Au(III), V(V) and Ti(IV) ions from sample solutions. The ions analyzed can be quantitatively enriched by the resin at a flow-rate of 2 mL/min at pH 4, and quantitatively desorbed with 10 mi of 1 mol/L HCl + 0.2 g CS(NH2)(2) at a flow-rate of 1 mL/min with recoveries of over 97%. The chelating resin can be reused 7 times without obvious loss of efficiency. Thousand-fold excesses of coexistent ions caused little interference during the enrichment and determination steps. The RSDs for the determination of 50 ng/mL Ru(III) and Au(III), 5.0 ng/mL V(V) and Ti(IV) were in the range of 1.5-4.5%. The recoveries of added standards in a real sample solution are between 96% and 100%, and the results for the ions analyzed in a nickel alloy sample are in good agreement with their reported values.